Barefoot Bay is an unincorporated, deed-restricted manufactured home community, recreation district, and water and sewer district in southern Brevard County,

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. The population at the 2010 United States Census was 9,808. Barefoot Bay is the largest manufactured home community in the state of Florida. It is located entirely within the unincorporated community of Micco on the

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. It is part of the Palm Bay–

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– Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Most of the residents are

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. The nearest commercial area is in Sebastian in Indian River County. Barefoot Bay shares the 32976 Sebastian zipcode as well as the 772 area code.

Geography

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 9,808 people. As of the

of 2000, there were 5,108 housing units. The racial makeup was 98.9%

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, 0.5%

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, and 0.4% from two or more races. The population was primarily retirees and senior citizens, over the age of 65. The median age was 49.2 years. Gender was close to even, with 47.4% being male, and 52.6% female.

Notable people

* Bruce Alger, former member of the

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from Texas's 5th congressional district; died 2015

References

External links

Official Barefoot Bay Web Site
operated by Barefoot Bay Recreation District
The Tattler Newspaper Archive
printed and mailed to residents of Barefoot Bay since 1978, published by Tattler Media, LLC
The Original Barefoot Bay Web Site
owned & operated by Captain Ed & Donna, Barefoot Bay Residents {{authority control Park districts in the United States Retirement communities in Florida Special districts of Florida Barefoot Bay Barefoot Bay Water management authorities in the United States