As of the census[REF] of 2000, there were 16,841 people, 5,504 households, and 4,749 families residing in the town.
There were 5,504 households out of which 51.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.5% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.7% were non-families.