Lower Keys, Florida

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Population in July 2007: 10,834.

Males: 5,677	(52.4%)
Females: 5,157	(47.6%)

Median resident age:	45.8 years
Florida median age:	38.7 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $68,097 (it was $47,481 in 2000)

Lower Keys:	$68,097
Florida:	$47,804

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $40,843

Lower Keys:	$40,843
Florida:	$26,696

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $675,397 (it was $199,600 in 2000)

Lower Keys:	$675,397
Florida:	$230,400

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $650,748; Detached houses: $701,531; Townhouses or other attached units: $393,386; In 2-unit structures: $2,801,047; Mobile homes: $81,776

Lower Keys, FL residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in Lower Keys:

White Non-Hispanic (95.3%)
Hispanic (6.4%)
Two or more races (1.5%)
Black (1.1%)
American Indian (1.1%)
Other race (0.9%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Lower Keys: 112.5 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 5 feet

Land area: 54.3 square miles.

Population density: 200 people per square mile

(very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Lower Keys

High school or higher: 88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 25.7%
Graduate or professional degree: 8.5%
Unemployed: 4.9%
Mean travel time to work: 25.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Lower Keys CCD

Never married: 17.9%
Now married: 64.8%
Separated: 1.7%
Widowed: 3.5%
Divorced: 13.8%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.2%
Florida:	16.7%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Lower Keys:	1.0% ($1,929)
Florida:	1.4% ($1,262)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Kendale Lakes-Lindgren Acres, FL (94.6 miles , pop. 314,677).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (927.6 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Big Pine Key, FL (2.0 miles ), Cudjoe Key, FL (2.0 miles ), Big Coppitt Key, FL (4.0 miles ), Stock Island, FL (4.6 miles ), Marathon, FL (4.9 miles ), Key West, FL (4.9 miles ), Key Colony Beach, FL (5.0 miles ), Middle Keys, FL (5.1 miles ).

Latitude: 24.67 N, Longitude: 81.42 W

Lower Keys household income distribution

Most common industries for males (%):

Construction (17%)
Public administration (11%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
Repair and maintenance (5%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Accommodation and food services (16%)
Health care (14%)
Public administration (10%)
Finance and insurance (8%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
Educational services (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (5%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Carpenters (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Waiters and waitresses (3%)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Lower Keys:

LOWER KEYS MEDICAL CENTER (about 23 miles; KEY WEST, FL)
FISHERMENS HOSPITAL (about 25 miles; MARATHON, FL)
MARINERS HOSPITAL (about 61 miles; TAVERNIER, FL)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Lower Keys:

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI (about 87 miles; CORAL GABLES, FL; Full-time enrollment: 13,050)
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (about 87 miles; MIAMI, FL; FT enrollment: 22,716)
MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 110 miles; MIAMI, FL; FT enrollment: 25,323)
BARRY UNIVERSITY (about 116 miles; MIAMI, FL; FT enrollment: 5,780)
NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY (about 123 miles; FT LAUDERDALE, FL; FT enrollment: 12,554)
BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 126 miles; FT LAUDERDALE, FL; FT enrollment: 12,747)
ART INSTITUTE OF FORT LAUDERDALE (about 129 miles; FT LAUDERDALE, FL; FT enrollment: 2,488)

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Average household size:

This place:	2.2 people
Florida:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	54.6%
Whole state:	66.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	8.1%
Whole state:	5.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
Gay men: 0.7% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	7.7%
Whole state:	12.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	4.0%
Whole state:	5.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Lower Keys, FL

58 people in state prisons
3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Lower Keys compared to Florida state average:

Median house value above state average.
Black race population percentage above state average.
Median age significantly above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
Length of stay since moving in significantly below state average.
Number of rooms per house below state average.
House age significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Monroe County Florida:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (71%) No fuel used (23%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%) Wood (1%) Utility gas (1%) Solar energy (1%)

Religion statistics for Lower Keys

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Southern Baptist Convention	United Methodist Church	Episcopal Church	Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Adherents	55.6%	13.6%	7.1%	4.4%	3.9%
Congregations	6.9%	15.3%	9.7%	8.3%	6.9%

Name	Lutheran Church	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	Vineyard USA	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	Other religions
Adherents	1.8%	1.6%	1.5%	1.1%	9.4%
Congregations	4.2%	5.6%	4.2%	2.8%	36.1%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

10.93% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($66,683 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	10.93%
Florida average:	8.71%

0.40% of residents moved from foreign countries ($963 average AGI)
Monroe County: 0.40%
Florida average: 0.22%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Miami-Dade County, FL	1.25% ($45,447 average AGI)
from Broward County, FL	0.49% ($60,680)
from Palm Beach County, FL	0.23% ($41,028)

13.07% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($48,287 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	13.07%
Florida average:	7.73%

0.27% of residents moved to foreign countries ($759 average AGI)
Monroe County: 0.27%
Florida average: 0.12%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Miami-Dade County, FL	1.31% ($48,176 average AGI)
to Broward County, FL	0.59% ($58,749)
to Lee County, FL	0.55% ($56,635)

Strongest AM radio stations in Lower Keys:

WWFE (670 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: FENIX BROADCASTING CORP.)
WAQI (710 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: LICENSE CORPORATION #1)
WVCG (1080 AM; 50 kW; CORAL GABLES, FL; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
WFFG (1300 AM; 3 kW; MARATHON, FL; Owner: THE GREAT MARATHON RADIO COMPANY)
WQBA (1140 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: WQBA-AM LICENSE CORP.)
WSUA (1260 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: WSUA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WRFX (940 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WNMA (1210 AM; 49 kW; MIAMI SPRINGS, FL; Owner: RADIO UNICA OF MIAMI LICENSE CORP.)
WJNA (640 AM; 38 kW; ROYAL PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: SOUTH FLORIDA RADIO, INC.)
WRHC (1550 AM; 45 kW; CORAL GABLES, FL; Owner: WRHC BROADCASTING CORP.)
WFTL (850 AM; 50 kW; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: JAMES CRYSTAL ENTERPRISES II, L.L.C.)
WWNN (1470 AM; 50 kW; POMPANO BEACH, FL; Owner: WWNN LICENSE, LLC)
WFLF (540 AM; 50 kW; PINE HILLS, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Lower Keys:

WWUS (104.1 FM; BIG PINE KEY, FL; Owner: CRAIN BROADCASTING, INC.)
WAIL (99.5 FM; KEY WEST, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WEOW (92.7 FM; KEY WEST, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WPIK (102.5 FM; SUMMERLAND KEY, FL; Owner: JOHN MCNEIL PRODUCTIONS, LLC)
WMFM (107.9 FM; KEY WEST, FL; Owner: SOUTH BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC.)
WCNK (98.7 FM; KEY WEST, FL; Owner: CRAIN BROADCASTING, INC.)
WGGP-LP (106.7 FM; BIG PINE KEY, FL; Owner: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH BIG PINE KEY)
WKYZ (101.3 FM; KEY COLONY BEACH, FL; Owner: KEYS MEDIA COMPANY, INC.)
WWWK (97.7 FM; MARATHON, FL; Owner: LSM RADIO PARTNERS LLC)
WGMX (94.3 FM; MARATHON, FL; Owner: THE GREAT MARATHON RADIO COMPANY)
W206AS (89.1 FM; BIG PINE KEY, FL; Owner: THE SCHOOL BOARD OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA)

TV broadcast stations around Lower Keys:

W55AM (Channel 55; BIG PINE, FL; Owner: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - MONROE COUNTY)
W57AM (Channel 57; BIG PINE KEY, FL; Owner: CAYO HUESO NETWORKS, LLC)
WDLP-TV (Channel 22; KEY WEST, FL; Owner: WDLP BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC)
WVIB (Channel 8; KEY WEST, FL; Owner: HISPANIC KEYS BROADCASTING CORP.)
W63AL (Channel 63; MARATHON, FL; Owner: WDLP BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC)
W65AP (Channel 65; MARATHON, FL; Owner: WDLP BROADCASTING COMPANY, LLC)
W27CR (Channel 27; KEY WEST, FL; Owner: GOOD SAMARITAN COMMUNICATIONS OF PIOCHE, INC.)

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