Fontainebleau, Florida

Fontainebleau or Fountainebleau

The community of Fontainebleau Park itself was a collection of sub-divided villages around two 18-hole golf courses. (East and West course now closed and built upon). The original sales office for Trafalgar Development was located at what is now the Fontainebleau Office Park located at the main Fontainebleau Park entrance and West Flagler Street. Fontainebleau Park West's sales office (west of N.W. 97th Avenue) was at what is now "Soleil Condominiums". While the eastern half of the community was heavily designed for condominiums and apartments, the western portion of the community included "Village Homes", single-family homes, "Garden Homes", and townhomes.

Demographics

2020 census

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Fontainebleau, Florida – Racial and ethnic composition

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2010

!Pop 2020

!% 2010

!% 2020

|White (NH)

|3,558

|3,418

|5.95%

|5.71%

|Black or African American (NH)

|415

|422

|0.69%

|0.70%

|Native American or Alaska Native (NH)

|19

|26

|0.03%

|0.04%

|Asian (NH)

|824

|1,326

|1.38%

|2.21%

|Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian (NH)

|0.00%

|0.01%

|Some other race (NH)

|67

|225

|0.11%

|0.38%

|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)

|154

|492

|0.26%

|0.82%

|Hispanic or Latino (any race)

|54,727

|53,955

|91.57%

|90.12%

|Total

|59,764

|59,870

|100.00%

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 59,870 people, 20,323 households, and 14,670 families residing in the CDP.

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 59,764 people, 20,726 households, and 15,298 families residing in the CDP.

2000 census

In 2000, 34.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.6% were married couples living together, 18.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% were non-families. 18.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.22.

In 2000, the CDP the population was spread out, with 22.7% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 34.0% from 25 to 44, 21.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.7 males.

As of 2000, the median income for a household in the CDP was $35,509, and the median income for a family was $36,161. Males had a median income of $27,380 versus $22,143 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $14,716. About 11.9% of families and 14.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.7% of those under age 18 and 15.5% of those age 65 or over.

As of 2000, speakers of Spanish accounted for 91.29% of residents, while those who spoke only English made up 6.25%.

Economy

thumb|[[Lennar former headquarters in Fontainebleau]]

Lennar, a home construction company, is headquartered at 700 Northwest 107th Avenue in Fontainebleau.

Education

Miami-Dade County Public Schools operates public schools in the Fontainebleau area.

Public schools

The public elementary schools are Charles R. Hadley Elementary School, Seminole Elementary School, and E.W.F. Stirrup Elementary School And the public middle school is Ruben Dario Middle School. It closed in 2009.