Starke is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 5,864 people and four associated neighborhoods, Starke is the 270th largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Starke is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Starke is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Starke who work in sales jobs (21.03%), office and administrative support (8.11%), and management occupations (7.73%). Being a small city, Starke does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Starke with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.01% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Starke in 2022 was $19,910, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $79,640 for a family of four. However, Starke contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Starke also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.70% of its population below the federal poverty line.Starke is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Starke home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Starke residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Starke include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Starke is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
