Lake Clarke Shores is a very small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 3,541 people and just one neighborhood, Lake Clarke Shores is the 318th largest community in Florida.
Lake Clarke Shores home prices are not only among the most expensive in Florida, but Lake Clarke Shores real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Lake Clarke Shores is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 91.12% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Lake Clarke Shores is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Clarke Shores who work in management occupations (26.22%), office and administrative support (17.08%), and computer science and math (9.67%).
Also of interest is that Lake Clarke Shores has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 29.90% 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.
Because of many things, Lake Clarke Shores is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Lake Clarke Shores a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Lake Clarke Shores has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Lake Clarke Shores’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Lake Clarke Shores. 52.19% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.
The per capita income in Lake Clarke Shores in 2022 was $55,108, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $220,432 for a family of four.
Lake Clarke Shores is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lake Clarke Shores home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lake Clarke Shores residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lake Clarke Shores also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.89% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lake Clarke Shores include German, Irish, Brazilian, Egyptian, and English.
Lake Clarke Shores also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 22.71%.
The most common language spoken in Lake Clarke Shores is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
One of the really interesting characteristics about the neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 3.3% of college-friendly places to live in the state of Florida.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Brazilian and Arab ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Brazilian ancestry and 8.7% have Arab ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 5.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Arabic at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Lake Clarke Shores are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 76.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.7% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 68.8% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 47.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 20.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.0%), and 14.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 59.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Arabic and Polish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Lake Clarke Shores, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (19.8%), and residents who report Cuban roots (14.4%), and some of the residents are also of Arab ancestry (8.7%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (6.3%), among others. In addition, 32.3% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (72.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.