Port St. Lucie is a relatively large coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 231,790 people and 40 associated neighborhoods, Port St. Lucie is the seventh largest community in Florida. Much of the housing stock in Port St. Lucie was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Port St. Lucie economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Port St. Lucie, where the median household income is $75,040.00.

Also of interest is that Port St. Lucie 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: 8.96% 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.

Port St. Lucie is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

One downside of living in Port St. Lucie, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.74 minutes every day commuting to work.

The percentage of people in Port St. Lucie who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.18% of adults in Port St. Lucie have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Port St. Lucie in 2022 was $35,301, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,204 for a family of four. However, Port St. Lucie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Port St. Lucie is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Port St. Lucie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Port St. Lucie residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Port St. Lucie also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.88% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Port St. Lucie include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Haitian.

Port St. Lucie also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.52%.

The most common language spoken in Port St. Lucie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.