St. Marks is a tiny coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 305 people and just one neighborhood, St. Marks is the 483rd largest community in Florida. Much of the housing stock in St. Marks was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local St. Marks economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in St. Marks, where the median household income is $47,500.00.
Unlike some cities, St. Marks isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in St. Marks are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, St. Marks is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Marks who work in sales jobs (31.76%), business and financial occupations (11.76%), and food service (9.41%).
Of important note, St. Marks is also a city of artists. St. Marks has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape St. Marks’s character.
St. Marks’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, St. Marks has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes St. Marks a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
St. Marks 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 St. Marks, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 37.13 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small city, St. Marks does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, St. Marks ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 4.56% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in St. Marks in 2022 was $26,462, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $105,848 for a family of four.
The people who call St. Marks home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Marks residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in St. Marks include Irish, European, Polish, Dutch, and Scandinavian.
The most common language spoken in St. Marks is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Russian.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in St. Marks, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 91.6% of the neighborhoods in America. is a neighborhood that is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet. Many times, such places have amenities that bring locals and visitors to the waterfront for recreational activities or to check out the scenery. In some densely populated areas that are less financially well-off, the neighborhood waterfront can be relatively industrial and less open to recreation. In addition to being coastal, is a very nautical neighborhood, meaning that it is somewhat historic, walkable, densely populated and on the water. This gives the neighborhood a very nautical feel, with some seaside and shipping feel, which some may really enjoy the sights and sounds of.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 21.1% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 96.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Eastern European and Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Eastern European ancestry and 5.0% have Dutch ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in St. Marks are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 67.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 9.7% 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 51.5% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 42.5% 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 (18.0%), and 8.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.6% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.6%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in St. Marks, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (15.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (11.8%), and residents who report English roots (10.0%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (5.0%), along with some Scots-Irish ancestry residents (4.0%), among others.
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 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.4% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (70.2%) 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 (15.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.