For every 100 females, there were 91.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.7 males. The median income for a household in the community was $43,259, and the median income for a family was $54,276. Males had a median income of $39,556 versus $30,398 for females. The per capita income for the community was $26,685. About 5.6% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.6% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over. Politically, Lake Magdalene is part of congressional district 14. Schools Lake Magdalene is served by Hillsborough County Public Schools through the following: Lake Magdalene Elementary School Miles Elementary School Buchanan Middle School Chamberlain High School Gaither High School Hillsborough County Public Schools has a magnet program and students in the district can attend these schools: Walker Middle Magnet School Hillsborough High School History As a rural community northwest of Tampa, this area of Hillsborough County had welcomed enough residents to receive its first post office in 1888, followed by a scattering of schools and churches—most notably the United Brethren Church (now Lake Magdalene United Methodist), started in 1895 by Reverend Isaac W. Bearss, whose family line still maintains several acres of citrus groves in the region, butted up against the busy east-west, North Tampa corridor that bears the family name. The rustic qualities of Lake Magdalene remained until the 1990s when residential construction in Tampa pushed northward. By 1990 almost 16,000 people lived in Lake Magdalene, and according to the 2000 census, its population had nearly doubled to 28,755. Lake Magdalene is surrounded by, and takes its name from, a freshwater lake. The lake's name may come from the moniker of a Native American woman, Magdalena, who interpreted the language for a Spanish expedition into Florida in 1549, or the name may have resulted from the 1882 marriage in the community of John Parrish and Mary Magdalene Yates, daughter of Jonah Yates, first mayor of Plant City. References Census-designated places in Hillsborough County, Florida Census-designated places in Florida