Green Cove Springs is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 10,042 people and six associated neighborhoods, Green Cove Springs is the 213th largest community in Florida. Much of the housing stock in Green Cove Springs was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Green Cove Springs economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Green Cove Springs, where the median household income is $63,760.00.

Also of interest is that Green Cove Springs has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.59% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Being a small city, Green Cove Springs does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, Green Cove Springs is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.10% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Green Cove Springs in 2018 was $29,573, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $118,292 for a family of four. However, Green Cove Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Green Cove Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Green Cove Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Green Cove Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Green Cove Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.42% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Green Cove Springs include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Green Cove Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.