Tonka Bay, Minnesota
Hennepin County
27-65164
Tonka Bay is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is located on Lake Minnetonka and has about 1500 inhabitants.
Geography
Tonka Bay is located between the upper and lower Lake Minnetonka. The city is located about 27 kilometers west of Minneapolis in the metropolitan Minneapolis -Saint Paul. According to the United States Census Bureau, the area of the city is 2.5 square kilometers, of which 0.1 square miles of water.
History
The first settlers settled since the mid 19th century in Tonka Bay down. The place, at that time still located in Excelsior Township, developed as soon resort. With the Lake Park Hotel (later Tonka Bay Hotel) there was also the first grand hotel built in 1879 at the lake. On September 11, 1901 Tonka Bay was formed as a Village. In the years after the turn of the century, the heyday of tourism on the lake went over slowly, so that a stable population structure could develop. In 1909, the first school was built in Tonka Bay.
1920 burned in a major fire in Tonka Bay down six houses.
Demographics
Demographic data
According to the 2000 census living in Tonka Bay 1547 people in 614 households and 456 families. The racial sits down the population of 98.6 percent White, 0.4 percent of Asian Americans as well as other smaller or more groups. 1.4 percent of the population regard themselves as Hispanics.
In 34.5 % of the 614 households living children under the age of 18, 65.5 % live in married couples, and in 5.0 % live single women and 25.7 % are non family households. 20.2 % of all households were made up of individuals and 3.7% had someone living alone over 65 years. The average household size is 2.52 persons, the families at 3.90.
In relation to the entire city, the population is composed of 24.8 % under the age of 18, 4.7 % from 18 to 24, 27.8 % between 25 and 44 years, 33.9 % between 45 and 64 years and 8.8% over 65 years. The median is 41 years. Approximately 49.1 % of the population is female.
The median income for a household is $ 84,879, a family of $ 90,783. The per capita income is $ 50,825. About 2.2 % of the population and 1.9 % of families are below the poverty line.
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