Loughman is a somewhat small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 5,417 people and just one neighborhood, Loughman is the 274th largest community in Florida. Loughman has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Loughman, where the median household income is $54,944.00.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Loughman is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Loughman is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Loughman who work in food service (14.22%), management occupations (11.10%), and sales jobs (9.62%).
Of important note, Loughman is also a town of artists. Loughman has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Loughman’s character.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.37% 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.
One downside of living in Loughman is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Loughman, the average commute to work is 33.52 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The percentage of people in Loughman who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.96% of adults in Loughman have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Loughman in 2022 was $25,860, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,440 for a family of four. However, Loughman contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Loughman is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Loughman home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Loughman residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Loughman also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.94% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Loughman include Polish, Irish, German, English, and Portuguese.
The most common language spoken in Loughman is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
If you like the look and ambience of new homes and newly built neighborhoods, you will love the neighborhood. A whopping 72.4% of the homes and other residential real estate here were built after 1999, which is a higher proportion of new homes then you will find in 96.3% of the neighborhoods in the U.S. Everything here just feels new.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Puerto Rican and Brazilian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 16.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Puerto Rican ancestry and 1.3% have Brazilian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 5.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Portuguese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.3% 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 Loughman are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.2% 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 52.7% 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, 32.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 30.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.6%), and 13.3% 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 69.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Portuguese 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 Loughman, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Puerto Rican (16.8%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (7.3%), and residents who report South American roots (7.1%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (6.1%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (5.7%), among others. In addition, 13.3% 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 (41.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.5%) 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 (9.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.