Beaux Arts Village, Washington
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Beaux Arts Village is a town located in the Eastside, an affluent region of King County, Washington in the Seattle metropolitan area. It is the smallest municipal jurisdiction in the county, with a population of 307 as of the 2000 census and a land area of 0.1 mi². It has no town hall, so meetings of the Town Council and other such bodies take place in members' homes.
Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Beaux Arts Village ranks 5th of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.
In the 2004 US presidential election, Beaux Arts Village cast 63.08% of its vote for Democrat John Kerry[1].
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[edit] History
Beaux Arts Village was founded in 1908 as an artists' colony and named after the Western Academy of Beaux Arts to which its founders belonged. At the time, one could purchase membership in the Academy for $200. Today, membership in the Academy comes with home ownership.
Beaux Arts Village was incorporated in 1954.
[edit] Geography
Beaux Arts Village is located at (47.585821, -122.201855)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²). 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (44.44%) is water.
The entire shoreline of the town is owned by the Western Academy of Beaux Arts, thus reserving use of the Lake Washington beach for residents and their guests only.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 307 people, 121 households, and 94 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,317.0/km² (3,281.9/mi²). There were 124 housing units at an average density of 532.0/km² (1,325.6/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.07% White, 0.33% Native American, 1.95% Asian, 0.33% Pacific Islander, and 0.33% from two or more races.
There were 121 households out of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.2% were married couples living together, 5.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.3% were non-families. 16.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.85.
In the town the population was spread out with 22.1% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 17.9% from 25 to 44, 35.5% from 45 to 64, and 19.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females there were 99.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.7 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $96,916, and the median income for a family was $110,038. Males had a median income of $81,760 versus $41,250 for females. The per capita income for the town was $56,496. About 4.0% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.6% of those under the age of 18 and 2.9% of those 65 or over.
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