above US average of 35.3 Under 5 years = 583 (4.6%) (US ave = 6.8%) 18 years and over = 10,361 (81%) (US ave = 74.3%) 65 years and over = 2,887 (22.6%) (US ave = 12.4%) Racial characteristics: White – 96.4% (US ave - 75.1%) Asian – 1.2% (3.6%) Two or more races – 1.1% (2.4%) Black or Afro-American – .7% (12.3%) Another Race – .5% (5.5%) Households: Size – 2.25 (2.59) Family size – 2.74 (3.14) Housing: Owner occupied – 78.5% (66.2%) Renter occupied – 21.5% (33.8%) Vacant housing units – 11.3% (9.0%) Social Characteristics: High school graduate or higher – 95.2% (80.4%) Bachelor's degree or higher – 47.5% (24.4%) Veterans – 21.5% (12.7%) Disability status (5 years and over) – 15% (19.3%) Foreign born – 7.4% (11.1%) Male, now married, except separated, (15 years and over) – 61.5% (56.7%) Female, now married, except separated, (15 years and over) – 61.1% (52.1%) Speak a language other than English at home (5 years and over) – 8.1% (17.9%) Government The town publishes a quarterly report to all residents. Officers are as follows: Mayor – Mark McDermott (term ends 2024) Deputy Mayor – Stu Glass (term ends 2024) Councilmember – Loren Strand (term ends 2024) Councilmember – Julie McKnight (term ends 2023) Councilmember – Doug Wright (term ends 2023) The following are all appointed or hired: Town Manager – Michael Casey Police Chief – Michael Connor Public Works Director – Joe Gervais Town Attorney – Paul Gougelman Town Clerk – Rebekah Raddon Fire Chief – Tom Flamm Building Official – Clifford Stokes In 2008, the town had a taxable real estate base of $367.69 million. The budget for fiscal year 2012 was $4,060,999. Public safety There are six paid firefighters plus fifteen active volunteers. Since 1985, residents have lit luminaria before Christmas when firemen have distributed candy to children from a firetruck, on every street. Indialantic maintains a police force with 12 sworn police officers, including the chief of police. On average, officers respond to 4,000 calls for service a year with an approximate response time of under two minutes. Emergency services are dispatched from the town's communications center, staffed by four full-time and five part-time dispatchers. Past mayors John McLean 1952–1954 Louis H. Mussler c. 1954–1958 William Ballinger 1958–1959 Harry Kane 1959–1961 Timothy D. Deratany 1971–1977 Clayton Test 1977–1979 Constantine "Gus" Carey 1979–1981 Andrea Deratany 1981–1984 Gloria Gardner 1984–1985