23.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.3 males. In 2000, the median income for a household in the Town was $38,514, and the median income for a family was $43,939. Males had a median income of $38,750 versus $31,044 for females. The per capita income for the Town was $29,261. About 8.0% of families and 13.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.7% of those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over. As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language constituted 52.05% of the population, while Spanish accounted for 43.90%, Portuguese 1.65%, Hebrew 1.30%, and French 1.10%. Education Ruth K. Broad Bay Harbor K–8 Center in Bay Harbor Islands serves as the local elementary and K–8 school. Residents who want to have a conventional middle school may instead choose the zoned middle school, Miami Beach Nautilus Middle School. Miami Beach Senior High School is the senior high school serving this area. Notable people Christian Fittipaldi (born 1971), race car driver George Kenney (1889–1977). United States Army general during World War II who commanded Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area from August 1942 and 1945. Nito Mestre (born 1952), songwriter Louis Slobodkin (1903–1975), sculptor, writer and illustrator of numerous children's books Sebastian Spreng (born 1956), visual artist and music journalist Walter Stone (1920–1999), screenwriter best known for his work as the head writer for The Honeymooners Néstor Torres (born 1957), jazz flautist Lesley Visser (born 1953), sportscaster who was the first female NFL analyst on TV Garrett Wittels (born 1990), baseball player In popular culture In the TV series Dexter the title character Dexter Morgan's apartment is in Miami, but a real condo in Bay Harbor Islands was used for the exterior shooting location. In the second season of Dexter, the discovery of Dexter's victims' remains inspires the press to dub the serial killer the "Bay Harbor Butcher". Parts of the video for the song "La Tortura" by Colombian recording artist, Shakira, featuring Spanish recording artist Alejandro Sanz, was recorded at the historic Coral Sea Towers building in Bay Harbor Islands. References External links Bay Harbor Islands, Florida Towns in Miami-Dade County, Florida Islands of Miami-Dade County, Florida Towns in Florida Populated places