Winter Garden is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 47,049 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Winter Garden is the 73rd largest community in Florida. Winter Garden 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 Winter Garden, where the median household income is $101,953.00. Housing costs in Winter Garden are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Florida.Unlike some cities, Winter Garden isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Winter Garden are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Winter Garden is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Winter Garden who work in sales jobs (15.66%), management occupations (14.07%), and food service (9.85%). Also of interest is that Winter Garden has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.34% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. One downside of living in Winter Garden is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Winter Garden, the average commute to work is 30.39 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The education level of Winter Garden ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Winter Garden, 42.42% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Winter Garden in 2022 was $40,685, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $162,740 for a family of four. However, Winter Garden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Winter Garden is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Winter Garden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Winter Garden residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Winter Garden also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.75% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Winter Garden include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish. Foreign born people are also an important part of Winter Garden's cultural character, accounting for 22.01% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Winter Garden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
