Plant City is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 40,571 people and 19 associated neighborhoods, Plant City is the 88th largest community in Florida.Plant City is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Plant City is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Plant City who work in office and administrative support (13.22%), sales jobs (8.97%), and management occupations (8.61%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.27% 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. The population of Plant 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 Plant City, 22.71% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Plant City in 2022 was $31,831, 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 $127,324 for a family of four. However, Plant City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Plant City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Plant City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Plant City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Plant City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.42% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Plant City include English, German, Irish, Italian, and French. Plant City also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.22%. The most common language spoken in Plant City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
