As a sister settlement to the town of Jupiter to the north, the development was named, at some point in the nineteenth century, after Jupiter‘s wife, the ancient Roman goddess Juno. The designation in 1944 of a namesake D-Daylanding beach in Normandy, named for Juno Dawnay, a Canadian officer’s wife, was purely coincidental. A pier was built in 1946 and the town was platted in 1948. The original pier was destroyed during a November storm in 1984 and a new 993-foot Juno Beach Pier built in 1999.
Geography
Juno Beach is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of, of which is land and is water.
Demographics
At the 2000 census there were 3,262 people, 1,791 households, and 929 families in the town. The population density was 2,339.2 inhabitants per square mile. There were 2,603 housing units at an average density of 1,866.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the town was 97.82% White, 0.43% African American, 0.12% Native American, 0.61% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.34% from other races, and 0.61% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.37%. Of the 1,791 households 9.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.8% were married couplesliving together, 3.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.1% were non-families. 42.9% of households were one person and 25.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.80 and the average family size was 2.42. The age distribution was 10.1% under the age of 18, 2.3% from 18 to 24, 16.2% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 42.6% 65 or older. The median age was 60 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.7 males. The median household income was $55,263 and the median family income was $68,382. Males had a median income of $50,545 versus $36,842 for females. The per capita income for the town was $50,344. About 3.9% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.7% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or over. As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 96.34% of all residents, while French made up 2.01%, Greek was at 1.00%, and Spanish accounted for 0.63% of the population. The political climate in Juno Beach is leaning liberal. The property crime rate is around the US national average, with the violent crime rate well below average.
