Mountain Lake Park is a town
in Garrett
County
, Maryland
, in the
United
States
. As of the
2000 census, the town population
was 2,248.
Geography
Mountain Lake Park is located at (39.400550, -79.381773) .
According to the
United
States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of
1.6 square miles (4.1 km²), of which, 1.5 square
miles (3.9 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles
(0.2 km²) of it (4.40%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 2,248
people, 867 households, and 578 families residing in the town. The
population density was 1,485.3
people per square mile (574.8/km²). There were 948 housing units at
an average density of 626.4/sq mi (242.4/km²). The racial
makeup of the town was 99.20%
White, 0.36%
African American, 0.09%
Native American, 0.04%
Asian, 0.13%
Pacific Islander, and 0.18%
from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 0.76% of the
population.
There were 867 households out of which 35.4% had children under the
age of 18 living with them, 49.5% were
married
couples living together, 14.1% had a female householder with no
husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 30.0% of all
households were made up of individuals and 12.8% had someone living
alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.02.
In the town the population was spread out with 27.4% under the age
of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to
64, and 19.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was
39 years. For every 100 females there were 85.5 males. For every
100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.3 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $27,917, and the
median income for a family was $37,105. Males had a median income
of $29,219 versus $23,348 for females. The
per capita income for the town was
$14,589. About 16.2% of families and 17.9% of the population were
below the
poverty line, including 17.2%
of those under age 18 and 15.2% of those age 65 or over.
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