Gulf Stream is a town in
Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County is a county located in the southeastern part of Florida and lies directly north of Broward County and Miami-Dade County. The county had a population of 1,492,191 as of the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous count ...
,
Florida
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, United States. The population was 786 at the 2010 census. Gulf Stream ranked as the eleventh
highest-income place in the United States. As of 2018, the population recorded by the
U.S. Census Bureau
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was 880.
History
Gulf Stream was founded in the 1920s as a planned community centered on the Gulf Stream County Club.
The town takes its name from the
Gulf Stream
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, a warm Atlantic Ocean current. Gulf Stream was incorporated in 1925.
Gulf Stream School, a private co-educational school located in Gulf Stream, was founded in 1938. The school is open from Montessori 3s through to eighth grade.
Geography
Gulf Stream is located at (26.490317, –80.061110).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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An economy is an area of th ...
, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (9.64%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 716 people, 340 households, and 222 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 625 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 95.39%
White
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(93.2% were Non-Hispanic White,) 0.98%
African American
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, 0.14%
Native American, 1.40%
Asian, 1.12% from
other races, and 0.98% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino of any race were 2.93% of the population.
There were 340 households, out of which 16.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.6% were
married couples
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living together, 1.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.7% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.55.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 14.9% under the age of 18, 1.7% from 18 to 24, 15.6% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 38.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 56 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.1 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $146,985, and the median income for a family was $186,777. Males had a median income of $78,045 versus $40,625 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the town was $133,651. About 2.5% of families and 2.5% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, none under age 18 and just 1.7% of those age 65 or over.
As of 2000,
English
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* English people
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spoken as a
first language
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accounted for 97.54% of all residents, while the
mother tongue
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of
Spanish
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**Spanish cuisine
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made up 2.45% of the population.
Notable people
*
Kevin Anderson, professional tennis player
*
Andrew N. "Drew" Baur, co-owner, treasurer, and member of the
board of directors of the
St. Louis Cardinals
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(1996–Feb. 20, 2011)
*
Robert Craft
Robert Lawson Craft (October 20, 1923 – November 10, 2015) was an American conductor and writer. He is best known for his intimate professional relationship with Igor Stravinsky, on which Craft drew in producing numerous recordings and books.
...
, conductor and musicologist
*
Tomas Maier, fashion designer and creative director of
Bottega Veneta
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History
Fou ...
*
Christopher O'Hare
Christopher O'Hare is an American artist, sculptor, inventor, and landscape architect based in South Florida. He is the founder of both Pineapple Grove Designs—a producer of ornamental art for architecture—and Reef Cells—a company that de ...
, artist and sculptor
References
External links
* The page for Gulf Stream at th
Palm Beach County Convention and Visitors BureauHome
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Populated coastal places in Florida on the Atlantic Ocean