Wednesday, April 2, 2008

snowbirds

Just wondering ... is there a breakdown of the number of cv snowbirds vs. permanent residents?

Posted by Bob at 4/02/2008 12:29:00 PM

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LARRY KALL said...

There a lot of guesses as to the exact number but NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE. People come and go at various times for various periods.

Apr 2, 2008, 2:48:00 PM
1 said...

Of what I saw last June and July there were hardly more than 20% to 30% people present in the Village. The gate stats might give some indication. Andre

Apr 2, 2008, 3:47:00 PM
UCO President said...

Hi Bob,
The following is the data packet derived from Census 2000 for Century Village West Palm Beach; remember, only permanent Residents are counted; Snowbirds are counted in their Home state:

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As of the census of 2000, there were 7,616 people, 5,536 households, and 1,777 families residing in CV.

The population density was 2,940.6/km² (7,588.1/mi²).

There were 7,854 housing units at an average density of 3,379.9/km² (8,721.9/mi²).

The racial makeup of CV was:

98.41% White (95.6% were Non-Hispanic White,)

0.43% African American,

0.03% Native American,

0.42% Asian,

0.08% Pacific Islander,

0.11% from other races,

and 0.53% from two or more races.

Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.99% of the population.

There were 5,536 households out of which 0.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them,

29.0% were married couples living together, 2.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 67.9% were non-families.

65.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 57.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The average household size was 1.38 and the average family size was 2.07.

In CV the population was spread out with 0.3% under the age of 18,

0.3% from 18 to 24,

1.9% from 25 to 44,

12.9% from 45 to 64,

and 84.6% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median age was 78 years.

For every 100 females there were 61.1 males.

For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 61.0 males.

The median income for a household in CV was $18,780

and the median income for a family was $29,604.

Males had a median income of $22,557 versus $22,292 for females.

The per capita income for CV was $18,920.

About 7.2% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under age 18 and 11.6% of those age 65 or over.

As of 2000, English was the first language for 86.46% of all residents, while Yiddish accounted for 3.77%,

Spanish comprised of 3.43%

, German was spoken by 1.75%,

French made up 1.27%,

Russian was totaled at 1.07%,

Hebrew totaled 0.74%,

Italian was at 0.67%,

Polish at 0.47%, and

Hungarian was the mother tongue 0.33% of the population.

Dave

Apr 2, 2008, 3:52:00 PM
Maboo said...

WOW, Dave you are a walking library, we are very for lucky to have someone like you in CV. Maybe someday someone will ask a question that will stump you but I will bet on you.

Apr 2, 2008, 4:09:00 PM
LARRY KALL said...

Some years ago UCO tried to do an IN HOUSE census and one of the items that was looked into was part time residents. I am not sure what the calculations were at the time.

For what period of time would be considered "snow bird residency". Many "permanent" residents may leave for two or three month. Does this them make the snow birds or are only those gone for at least six months snow birds? Yes there are figures on entry at the gates and yes the figures are less during certain months. Yes we issue fewer transponders certain months. Yes more seats are available for shows during certain months.

There is no doubt that there are months where there are less people here. How many less ??????????

Apr 2, 2008, 4:10:00 PM
Topper said...

Marilyn, I sure do agree with every word you wrote. Dave is definitely our own walking library!

Apr 2, 2008, 9:03:00 PM

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