Thursday, September 3, 2009

Oak Bluffs: Facts

Note: The fictional LeVays do not live in Oak Bluffs (a real town on Martha's Vineyard), which is home to Taylor's father (also fictional).

Oak Bluffs
settled in 1642 (originally part of Edgartown)
incorporated in 1880 as Cottage City
renamed Oak Bluffs in 1907


According to the 2000 U.S. Census:
3,713 total people
504 people/sq mile
4.3% African-American (160 total)
median age: 39
median household income: $42,044
per captia income: $23,829
8.4% of population living below poverty line
http://www.ci.oak-bluffs.ma.us/about-oakbluffs.shtml