Barefoot Bay, Florida

Barefoot Bay is an unincorporated, deed-restricted manufactured home community, recreation district, and water and sewer district in southern Brevard County, Florida. The population at the 2010 United States Census was 9,808.

Barefoot Bay, Florida
Unincorporated community
Coordinates: 27°53′10″N 80°30′51″W
Country United States of America
State Florida
County Brevard
Government
 • Type• Recreation district
• Water and sewer district
Population
 (2010)
 • Total9,808
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
32976
Area code(s)772
Websitebbrd.org

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 Indian River Lagoon. It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Most of the residents are retirees & snowbirds. 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

Barefoot Bay is located at 27°53′10″N 80°30′51″W.[1]

Barefoot Bay Pier

Demographics

As of the census[2] of 2010, there were 9,808 people.

As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 5,108 housing units. The racial makeup was 98.9% White, 0.5% African American, 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

References
  1. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. "Alligator kills Barefoot Bay burglary suspect". Florida Today. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
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