Floral City is a somewhat small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 5,261 people and two associated neighborhoods, Floral City is the 277th largest community in Florida.Unlike some towns, Floral City isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Floral City are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Floral City is a town of service providers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Floral City who work in management occupations (11.76%), personal care services (8.59%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (8.21%). Also of interest is that Floral City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Floral City telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.71% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Floral City has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Floral City has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Floral City than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Floral City may be for you. One downside of living in Floral City, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.11 minutes every day commuting to work. As is often the case in a small town, Floral City doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of adults in Floral City who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.33% of the adults in Floral City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Floral City in 2022 was $35,060, which is middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $140,240 for a family of four. However, Floral City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Floral City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Floral City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Floral City include German, English, Irish, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Floral City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
