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r r DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF THE WINTER BEACH AREA The following information was taken from the 1980 Census of Population. The Winter Beach Area approximates the boundaries of Census Enumeration Districts 255 and 256. Totals and averages of these two districts are used as a basis for the demographic profile of the Winter Beach Area. For the purposes of this discussion, the term "Winter Beach Area" will refer to Enumeration Districts 255 and 256. Population In 1980, the Winter Beach Area had a- population of 978 people, of which 99.5% (972) were white. There were 525 year-round housing units of which approximately 81 percent (423 units) were occupied and 19 percent (102 units) were vacant. The average household size in the Winter Beach Area was 2.55 persons, which is the same as the County's average household size. Approximately 60 percent of the population (596 persons) lived in the same house in 1975 as they did in 1980. Less than 14 percent (138 persons) lived in a different county, different state, or different country in 1975. Of the total Winter Beach Area population, approximately 42 percent (407 persons) are Florida natives and 56 percent (553 persons) were born in other states. Due to Winter Beach's low rate of migration, its population has remained fairly stable. Education Approximately 22 percent (211 persons) of Winter Beach's population were enrolled in school in 1980. Of these, 71 percent (149 persons) were in elementary school, and 24 percent (50 persons) were in high school. Only.5 percent attended college from the Winter Beach Area in 1980. Of the 644 adults age 25 and over, approximately 19 percent (122 persons) completed elementary school; approximately 23 percent (147 persons) completed one to three years of high school; approximately 34 percent (220 per- sons) completed four years of high school; 20 percent (129 persons) completed one to three years of college; and 4 percent