Fruitland Park is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 8,711 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fruitland Park is the 227th largest community in Florida. Fruitland Park 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 Fruitland Park, where the median household income is $70,167.00.Fruitland Park is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fruitland Park is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fruitland Park who work in office and administrative support (16.39%), sales jobs (12.31%), and management occupations (10.17%). Of important note, Fruitland Park is also a city of artists. Fruitland Park has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Fruitland Park’s character. Also of interest is that Fruitland Park 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 Fruitland Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.47% 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. Being a small city, Fruitland Park does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The overall education level of Fruitland Park citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.39% of adults in Fruitland Park have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Fruitland Park in 2022 was $42,038, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $168,152 for a family of four. However, Fruitland Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fruitland Park is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fruitland Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fruitland Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fruitland Park include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Fruitland Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
