Sea Ranch Lakes, Florida
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Sea Ranch Lakes is a village in Broward County, Florida, United States. The village was named for the Sea Ranch Hotel. The population was 1,392 at the 2000 census. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 761 [link].
Sea Ranch Lakes is located on Highway A1A, in between Lauderdale by the Sea and Pompano Beach. The majority of Sea Ranch Lakes is a walled in community, accesses to which is controlled by a small private security force.
Geography
Sea Ranch Lakes is located at (26.200711, -80.096839)[Geographic references#1GR1].
Even though Sea Ranch Lakes is a gated community, it is a full municipality of Broward County, a unique feature that most other gated communities lack, with its own mayor, village council, municipal code, and police department. Outside of the gated portion of the village is a small shopping plaza that holds the only commercial buildings inside the village's territorial limits. The village has two lakes, divided by one bridge and a small park bordering Lake Seneca. The actual Village of Sea Ranch Lakes owns no property within the village, all streets, medians and park properties are owned and governed by the Sea Ranch Lakes Beach Club, which is composed of all Sea Ranch Lakes property owners. Each person is alloted one vote within the beach club for each parcel of property he or she owns. All matters affecting changes in the Beach Club and its assets, rules, and regulations are subject to voting by the Beach Club's members. Law enforcement services are provided by the Sea Ranch Lakes Police Department and its approximately 30 sworn officers, with at least two on duty at all times. Fire & EMS services are provided by the Broward Sheriff's Office Department of Fire Rescue & Emergency Services. Water service is provided to the village by the City of Fort Lauderdale Water Department.
Demographics
As of the census[Geographic references#2GR2] of 2000, there were 1,392 people, 696 households, and 421 families residing in the village. The population density was 2,985.9/km² (7,689.5/mi²). There were 1,339 housing units at an average density of 2,872.2/km² (7,396.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.84% White, 0.93% African American, 0.65% Asian, and 0.57% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.90% of the population.There were 696 households out of which 14.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.3% were married couples living together, 3.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% were non-families. 34.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.00 and the average family size was 2.56.
In the village the population was spread out with 14.5% under the age of 18, 2.1% from 18 to 24, 14.7% from 25 to 44, 32.5% from 45 to 64, and 36.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 57 years. For every 100 females there were 83.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.8 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $62,813, and the median income for a family was $85,729. Males had a median income of $0 versus $42,500 for females. The per capita income for the village was $60,088. About 6.7% of families and 7.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.8% of those under age 18 and 3.2% of those age 65 or over.
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