A popular lake in Eden Prairie is Staring Lake, named for Jonas Staring, who built the first house by the lake. Originally named "Eden" in 1853 by a Mrs. Elliot, she chose this name because of her admiration of the "beautiful prairie" that occupies the southern portion of the town. Eden Prairie is approximately southwest of Minneapolis along the northern side of the Minnesota River. Interstate 494, U.S. Highways 169 and 212, and Minnesota State Highway 5 are four of the city's main routes. Eden Prairie's land consists of rolling hills and bluffs overlooking the Minnesota River, with zones of prairie and mixed (primarily deciduous) forests. Eden Prairie has great parks such as Staring Lake Park and Bryant Lakes Regional Park with trails for running & biking. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Eden Prairie "attracts a very diverse crowd" from many income groups. Eden Prairie also is the home of the affluent gated community Bearpath, yet the community vibe of citizens in Eden Prairie is a sense of working, educated, community-minded residents, often with kids together in the schools and afterschool activities, such as the Youth Sports Program. Minnesotans in general have a Midwest sense of middle class community and have never embraced gated communities in significant numbers. Eden Prairie is the 12th-largest city in Minnesota. As of the census of 2010, there were 60,797 people, 23,930 households, and 16,517 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 25,075 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 81.7% White, 5.6% African American, 0.2% Native American, 9.2% Asian, 1.0% from other races, and 2.3% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.0% of the population. There were 23,930 households of which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.2% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 31.0% were non-families. 25.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.