▁between ▁the ▁ages ▁of ▁ 1 8 ▁and ▁ 2 4 ; ▁ 1 9 . 9 % ▁were ▁from ▁ 2 5 ▁to ▁ 4 4 ; ▁ 3 2 . 7 % ▁were ▁from ▁ 4 5 ▁to ▁ 6 4 ; ▁and ▁ 1 2 . 1 % ▁were ▁ 6 5 ▁years ▁of ▁age ▁or ▁older . ▁The ▁gender ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁ 4 6 . 6 % ▁male ▁and ▁ 5 3 . 4 % ▁female . ▁▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁census ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 8 4 6 ▁people , ▁ 2 7 3 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 2 2 9 ▁families ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁town . ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 1 , 2 3 0 . 9 ▁people ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 4 7 3 . 4 / km ²). ▁There ▁were ▁ 2 9 5 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 4 2 9 . 2 ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 1 6 5 . 1 / km ²). ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁ 9 8 . 4 6 % ▁White , ▁ 0 . 2 4 % ▁African ▁American , ▁ 0 . 5 9 % ▁Asian , ▁ 0 . 2 4 % ▁from ▁other ▁races , ▁and ▁ 0 . 4 7 % ▁from ▁two ▁or ▁more ▁races . ▁His pan ic ▁or ▁Lat ino ▁of ▁any ▁race ▁were ▁ 0