Lake City is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 12,449 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Lake City is the 197th largest community in Florida.Lake City is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lake City is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake City who work in management occupations (9.80%), healthcare (9.48%), and healthcare suport services (9.20%). Being a small city, Lake City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Lake City citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.06% of adults in Lake City have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Lake City in 2022 was $26,949, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,796 for a family of four. However, Lake City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lake City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lake City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lake City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lake City include English, German, Irish, African, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Lake City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
