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Fellsmere, FL
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Fellsmere is a very small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 4,955 people and two associated neighborhoods, Fellsmere is the 290th largest community in Florida.

Another important characteristic of Fellsmere is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.12% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Fellsmere has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Fellsmere has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fellsmere than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fellsmere may be for you.

One downside of living in Fellsmere is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fellsmere, the average commute to work is 35.16 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

The citizens of Fellsmere are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.61% of adults in Fellsmere have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree

The per capita income in Fellsmere in 2022 was $16,895, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,580 for a family of four. However, Fellsmere contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fellsmere is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fellsmere home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Fellsmere, accounting for 72.30% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Fellsmere residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Fellsmere include Italian, German, English, Irish, and Scottish.

Fellsmere also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 31.65%.

The most common language spoken in Fellsmere is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.


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