Bay View Gardens, Illinois
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Bay View Garden is a village in Woodford County, Illinois
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, United States
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. The population was 366 at the 2000 census
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 and is part of the Peoria, Illinois
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...

 Metropolitan Statistical Area
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.

Geography

Bay View Gardens is located at 40°48′35"N 89°31′9"W (40.809826, -89.519091).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 0.2 square mile (0.517997622 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 366 people, 141 households, and 105 families residing in the village. The population density
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 was 2,057.0 people per square mile (785.1/km²). There were 149 housing units at an average density of 837.4 per square mile (319.6/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.18% White and 0.27% African American. Native American, Hispanic, or Latino of any race were 0.55% of the population.

There were 141 households out of which 38.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were married couples
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 living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.5% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the village the population was spread out with 28.1% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 24.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 105.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.8 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $32,750, and the median income for a family was $37,614. Males had a median income of $32,083 versus $23,194 for females. The per capita income
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 for the village was $15,230. About 5.7% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
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