Surfside, Florida

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 2.5 km² (1.0 sq mi). 1.3 km² (0.5 sq mi) of it is land and 1.2 km² (0.5 sq mi) of it (47.42%) is water.

Surrounding areas

  Bal Harbour   Bay Harbor Islands Atlantic Ocean Bay Harbor Islands, Indian Creek   Atlantic Ocean   Miami Beach Atlantic Ocean   Miami Beach

Demographics

As of 2010, there were 3,890 households out of which 32.9% were vacant. In 2000, 20.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.6% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.8% were non-families. 32.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.75.

In 2000, the town's population was spread out with 16.3% under the age of 18, 4.5% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 25.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45 years. For every 100 females there were 86.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.4 males.

In 2000, the median income for a household in the town was $50,927, and the median income for a family was $56,327. Males had a median income of $47,147 versus $39,181 for females. The per capita income for the town was $38,375. About 6.7% of families and 11.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.4% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over.

As of 2000, Spanish was spoken as a first language by 49.41% of residents, while English was spoken by 42.11% of the population. Other languages spoken included Portuguese 2.36%, Russian 2.04%, German and Yiddish were both tied at 1.40%, and French was the mother tongue for 1.29% of the populace.

As of 2000, Surfside had the twentieth highest percentage of Brazilian residents in the US, with 1.60% of the US populace (tied with five other places in the US, including Ojus, FL.) It had the twenty-third highest percentage of Colombian residents in the US, at 4.66% of the town's population, as well as the twenty-third highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, at 20.15% of the its population. It also had the thirty-fourth most Peruvians in the US, at 1.47%, while it had the eleventh highest percentage of Trinidadians and Tobagonians, at 1.30% of all residents (tied with North Amityville, New York and Gordon Heights, New York.) Surfside's Venezuelan community had the eleventh highest percentage of residents, which was at 1.41% of all residents.