Orange City is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 14,897 people and five associated neighborhoods, Orange City is the 195th largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Orange City is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Orange City is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Orange City who work in sales jobs (14.05%), office and administrative support (12.78%), and management occupations (9.07%). Also of interest is that Orange City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.37% 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. Being a small city, Orange City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The overall education level of Orange City is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.10% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Orange City in 2022 was $37,266, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $149,064 for a family of four. However, Orange City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Orange City is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Orange City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Orange City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Orange City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.84% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Orange City include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Orange City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Thai.
