Penney Farms, Florida

Clay County

12-55875

Penney Farms is a city in Clay County in the U.S. state of Florida with 749 inhabitants (as of 2010).

Geography

Penney Farms is located approximately 10 km west of Green Cove Springs and about 30 km south of Jacksonville.

Demographics

According to the 2010 census, the then 749 inhabitants distributed in 447 households. The population density was 208.1 inh. / Km ². 90.4 % of the population were white, 6.5% African American and 0.9 % Asian Americans. 0.7 % were members of other ethnic groups and 1.5 % of various ethnicities. 1.1% of the population were Hispanic or Latino.

In 2010, children under the age of 18 and 87.3 % of all households lived in 3.9 % of all households with persons at least 65 years. 46.6 % of households were family households (consisting of married couples with or without offspring or a parent with offspring ). The average size of a household was 1.61 persons and the average family size is 2.22 people.

4.9% of the population were younger than 20 years, 3.1% were 20 to 39 years old, 7.9% were 40 to 59 years old and 84.0 % were at least 60 years old. The median age was 81 years. 39.8 % of the population were male and 60.2% female.

The average annual income was $ 36,354, while 17.8 % of the population lived below the poverty line.

In 2000, English was the mother tongue of 97.28 % of the population, hindi talked 1.95% and 0.78 % spoke French.

Traffic

Penney Farms is crossed by the Florida State Road 16. The nearest airport is Jacksonville International Airport ( 65 km north ).