Dade City is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 7,670 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Dade City is the 243rd largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Dade City is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dade City is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dade City who work in management occupations (14.31%), office and administrative support (14.15%), and healthcare suport services (9.97%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.94% 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. Dade City is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of Dade City overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Dade City, 23.28% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Dade City in 2022 was $29,877, which is lower middle income relative to Florida, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,508 for a family of four. However, Dade City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Dade City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dade City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dade City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Dade City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.02% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dade City include German, English, Irish, Italian, and African. The most common language spoken in Dade City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
