Sewall's Point, Florida

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Population in July 2008: 2,004. Population change since 2000: +3.0%

Males: 993	(49.6%)
Females: 1,011	(50.4%)

Median resident age:	46.7 years
Florida median age:	38.7 years

Zip codes: 34996.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $125,559 (it was $97,517 in 2000)

Sewall's Point:	$125,559
Florida:	$47,804

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $69,058

Sewall's Point:	$69,058
Florida:	$26,696

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $874,659 (it was $344,800 in 2000)

Sewall's Point:	$874,659
Florida:	$230,400

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $1,073,058; Detached houses: $1,021,074; Townhouses or other attached units: $1,288,510; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $562,506

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Races in Sewall's Point:

White Non-Hispanic (97.4%)
Hispanic (1.4%)

2008 cost of living index in Sewall's Point: 119.9 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: Irish (20.8%), German (20.0%), English (19.2%), Italian (13.8%), United States (5.4%), Scottish (4.7%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 37 feet

Land area: 1.23 square miles.

Population density: 1625 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Sewall's Point

High school or higher: 96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 59.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 25.6%
Unemployed: 4.3%
Mean travel time to work: 27.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Sewall's Point town

Never married: 12.0%
Now married: 75.8%
Separated: 1.3%
Widowed: 4.2%
Divorced: 6.7%

127 residents are foreign born (3.5% Europe, 1.4% Latin America, 1.1% Asia).

This town:	6.5%
Florida:	16.7%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

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

Sewall's Point:	1.0% ($3,610)
Florida:	1.4% ($1,262)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Port St. Lucie, FL (11.2 miles , pop. 88,769).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Hialeah, FL (92.5 miles , pop. 226,419).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (931.7 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Stuart, FL (1.7 miles ), Rio, FL (1.8 miles ), Jensen Beach, FL (1.9 miles ), Port Salerno, FL (1.9 miles ), Ocean Breeze Park, FL (1.9 miles ), North River Shores, FL (2.2 miles ), Palm City, FL (2.3 miles ), Hutchinson Island South, FL (2.5 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 12 buildings, average cost: $283,700
1997: 18 buildings, average cost: $308,500
1998: 19 buildings, average cost: $355,500
1999: 32 buildings, average cost: $292,600
2000: 15 buildings, average cost: $482,800
2001: 19 buildings, average cost: $391,000
2002: 7 buildings, average cost: $525,000
2003: 8 buildings, average cost: $558,200
2004: 10 buildings, average cost: $623,600
2005: 10 buildings, average cost: $771,200
2006: 5 buildings, average cost: $1,002,900
2007: 6 buildings, average cost: $813,500
2008: 4 buildings, average cost: $819,900

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in $1000s)

Latitude: 27.20 N, Longitude: 80.20 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 772

Sewall's Point household income distribution

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Population change in the 1990s: +345 (+21.5%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Health care (17%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (16%)
Finance and insurance (10%)
Real estate and rental and leasing (6%)
Public administration (4%)
Construction (4%)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (22%)
Educational services (15%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
Finance and insurance (8%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
Social assistance (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Physicians and surgeons (11%)
Top executives (10%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
Lawyers (8%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
Business operations specialists (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
Registered nurses (8%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)

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Crime in Sewall's Point by Year
Type	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Murders	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	47.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robberies	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Assaults	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
per 100,000	50.1	49.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	95.6	0.0
Burglaries	5	2	2	1	6	9	12
per 100,000	250.5	98.3	96.2	47.5	285.9	430.0	589.7
Thefts	11	18	10	15	21	13	19
per 100,000	551.1	884.5	480.8	712.3	1000.5	621.1	933.7
Auto thefts	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
per 100,000	50.1	49.1	0.0	47.5	47.6	0.0	0.0
Arson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9)	53.6	56.0	26.0	73.6	63.8	74.1	78.6

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 6 (6 officers).

Officers per 1,000 residents here:	2.99
US city average:	3.00

Average climate in Sewall's Point, Florida

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Sewall's Point-area historical tornado activity is below Florida state average. It is 6% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 9/18/1954, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 17.6 miles away from the Sewall's Point town center killed 2 people and injured 2 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 10/19/1958, a category 3 tornado 19.3 miles away from the town center killed one person and injured 24 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Sewall's Point-area historical earthquake activity is significantly below Florida state average. It is 100% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 2/22/1992 at 04:21:34, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 MB, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 99.5 miles away from Sewall's Point center
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Hospitals/medical centers near Sewall's Point:

MARTIN MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 4 miles; STUART, FL)
SAINT LUCIE MEDICAL CENTER (about 10 miles; PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL)
SAVANNAS HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; PORT SAINT LUCIE, FL)

Heliports located in Sewall's Point:

Sailfish Point Heliport

Operable nuclear power plants near Sewall's Point:

13 miles: St. Lucie 1 and 2 in Hutchinson Island, FL.

Local government website: www.sewallspoint.org

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Sewall's Point:

INDIAN RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 18 miles; FT PIERCE, FL; Full-time enrollment: 6,149)
PALM BEACH ATLANTIC COLLEGE-WEST PALM BEACH (about 38 miles; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; FT enrollment: 2,109)
PALM BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 41 miles; LAKE WORTH, FL; FT enrollment: 8,390)
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY-BOCA RATON (about 57 miles; BOCA RATON, FL; FT enrollment: 14,311)
FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY-MELBOURNE (about 67 miles; MELBOURNE, FL; FT enrollment: 3,055)
KEISER COLLEGE (about 70 miles; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; FT enrollment: 2,879)
ART INSTITUTE OF FORT LAUDERDALE (about 76 miles; FT LAUDERDALE, FL; FT enrollment: 2,488)

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Average household size:

This town:	2.6 people
Florida:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	80.2%
Whole state:	66.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	5.5%
Whole state:	5.8%

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

Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	4.3%
Whole state:	12.5%

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

This town:	2.8%
Whole state:	5.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Sewall's Point, FL

Sewall's Point compared to Florida state average:

Median household income significantly above state average.
Median house value significantly above state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age significantly above state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Number of rooms per house above state average.
House age significantly below state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly above state average.

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Educational Attainment

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2004 Presidential Election results in Martin County Florida:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (98%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Religion statistics for Sewall's Point

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	United Methodist Church	Southern Baptist Convention	Episcopal Church	Presbyterian Church (USA)
Adherents	59.4%	8.1%	6.8%	6.2%	3.1%
Congregations	7.8%	6.5%	16.9%	7.8%	5.2%

Name	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Lutheran Church	Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)	United Church of Christ	Other religions
Adherents	2.2%	1.8%	1.7%	1.7%	9.1%
Congregations	2.6%	2.6%	11.7%	3.9%	35.1%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Streets and Highways	1	$3,334	$40,008	0	$0
Other and Unallocable	1	$5,000	$60,000	2	$1,666
Other Government Administration	2	$8,730	$52,380	0	$0
Police - Other	0	$0		1	$1,944
Police Protection - Officers	8	$25,140	$37,710	0	$0
Totals for Government	12	$42,204	$42,204	3	$3,610

Sewall's Point government finances in 2002:

Current Operations - Police Protection: $600,000
Regular Highways: $367,000

Financial Administration: $287,000
Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Fire Protection: $133,000
Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $186,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $489,000
State Intergovernmental - General Support: $210,000
Highways: $163,000
Tax - Property: $615,000
Total General Sales: $281,000

NEC: $226,000

Public Utilities: $165,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $513,000

9.38% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($88,107 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.38%
Florida average:	8.71%

0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($139 average AGI)
Martin County: 0.07%
Florida average: 0.22%

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

from Palm Beach County, FL	1.87% ($68,812 average AGI)
from St. Lucie County, FL	1.62% ($38,605)
from Broward County, FL	0.48% ($57,272)

9.52% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($54,948 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.52%
Florida average:	7.73%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($271 average AGI)
Martin County: 0.07%
Florida average: 0.12%

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

to St. Lucie County, FL	2.35% ($40,407 average AGI)
to Palm Beach County, FL	1.11% ($72,474)
to Orange County, FL	0.21% ($63,537)

Strongest AM radio stations in Sewall's Point:

WSTU (1450 AM; 1 kW; STUART, FL; Owner: TREASURE COAST BROADCASTERS, INC.)
WFTL (850 AM; 50 kW; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: JAMES CRYSTAL ENTERPRISES II, L.L.C.)
WPSL (1590 AM; 5 kW; PORT ST. LUCIE, FL; Owner: PORT ST LUCIE BROADCASTERS, INC.)
WEFL (760 AM; 3 kW; TEQUESTA, FL; Owner: STAR OF THE PALM BEACHES, INC.)
WJNA (640 AM; 38 kW; ROYAL PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: SOUTH FLORIDA RADIO, INC.)
WLVJ (1040 AM; 25 kW; BOYNTON BEACH, FL; Owner: JAMES CRYSTAL BOYNTON BEACH, INC.)
WAQI (710 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: LICENSE CORPORATION #1)
WJNO (1290 AM; 10 kW; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WJNX (1330 AM; 5 kW; FORT PIERCE, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WWFE (670 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: FENIX BROADCASTING CORP.)
WRFX (940 AM; 50 kW; MIAMI, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
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 Sewall's Point:

WKGR (98.7 FM; FORT PIERCE, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WWFR (91.7 FM; STUART, FL; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
WMBX (102.3 FM; JENSEN BEACH, FL; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
WPBZ (103.1 FM; INDIANTOWN, FL; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
WLDI (95.5 FM; FORT PIERCE, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WAVW (92.7 FM; STUART, FL; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WHLG (101.3 FM; PORT ST. LUCIE, FL; Owner: HORTON BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WCNO (89.9 FM; PALM CITY, FL; Owner: NATIONAL CHRISTIAN NETWORK, INC.)
WRMF (97.9 FM; PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: PBB LICENSES, LLC)
W242AC (96.3 FM; PORT ST. LUCIE, FL; Owner: FRIENDS BROADCASTING, INC.)
WZZR (94.3 FM; RIVIERA BEACH, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WAYF (88.1 FM; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: WAY-FM MEDIA GROUP. INC.)
WIRK-FM (107.9 FM; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
WOLL (105.5 FM; HOBE SOUND, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WQCS (88.9 FM; FORT PIERCE, FL; Owner: INDIAN RIVER COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
WEAT-FM (104.3 FM; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
W212AC (90.3 FM; STUART, FL; Owner: THERE'S HOPE RADIO, INC.)
WXEL (90.7 FM; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: BARRY TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WJBW-FM (106.3 FM; JUPITER, FL; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
WFLM (104.7 FM; WHITE CITY, FL; Owner: MIDWAY BROADCASTING COMPANY)

TV broadcast stations around Sewall's Point:

WTVX (Channel 34; FORT PIERCE, FL; Owner: C-34 FCC LICENSEE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
WPBF (Channel 25; TEQUESTA, FL; Owner: WPBF-TV COMPANY)
WTCN-CA (Channel 43; PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: WILLIAM H. BROTHERS)
WTCE (Channel 21; FORT PIERCE, FL; Owner: JACKSONVILLE EDUCATORS B/CNG, INC.)
WFGC (Channel 61; PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: CHRISTIAN TELEVISION OF PALM BEACH COUNTY, INC.)
WPXP (Channel 67; LAKE WORTH, FL; Owner: PAXSON WEST PALM BEACH LICENSE, INC.)
WPTV (Channel 5; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: SCRIPPS HOWARD BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WWHB-CA (Channel 15; STUART, FL; Owner: AMERICAN NETCOM, INC.)
WFLX (Channel 29; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: RAYCOM NATIONAL, INC.)
W53BS (Channel 53; JUPITER, FL; Owner: SPIRIT PRODUCTIONS, INC.)
WOCX-CA (Channel 5; SEBRING, ETC., FL; Owner: SEBRING TELEVISION CORPORATION)
WXEL-TV (Channel 42; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: BARRY TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WPEC (Channel 12; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCASTING OF FLORIDA, INC)
W47BG (Channel 47; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: JACKSONVILLE EDUCATORS B/CING., INC.)
WBWP-LP (Channel 57; WEST PALM BEACH, FL; Owner: H&R PRODUCTION GROUP, LLC)
WWCI-CA (Channel 10; VERO BEACH, FL; Owner: V-1 PRODUCTIONS, INC.)
WFPI-LP (Channel 8; FORT PIERCE, ETC, FL; Owner: TIGER EYE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 7
Total length: 178 meters (584ft)
Total average daily traffic: 48,166
Total average daily truck traffic: 1,766
Total future (year 2027) average daily traffic: 61,472

	B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans		C) Refinancings		D) Home Improvement Loans		F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)		G) Loans On Manufactured Home Dwelling (A B C & D)
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007 (Based on 1 partial tract)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	40	$417,402	53	$357,306	8	$236,255	26	$385,878	0	$0
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	5	$372,762	14	$405,174	2	$150,025	5	$223,198	0	$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED	9	$449,462	33	$320,941	5	$144,686	9	$310,583	1	$7,820
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	5	$318,826	22	$336,427	1	$312,940	3	$400,527	0	$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	1	$282,560	6	$233,552	1	$213,070	1	$210,770	0	$0

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Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0005.00

	A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans		B) Refinancings		C) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A & B)
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007 (Based on 1 partial tract)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	8	$200,360	1	$115,510	1	$190,060
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	0	$0	1	$233,320	0	$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED	0	$0	0	$0	0	$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	1	$635,080	0	$0	0	$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0	0	$0	0	$0

Choose year: 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999

Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0005.00

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