Anthony is a very small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 3,494 people and just one neighborhood, Anthony is the 336th largest community in Florida.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Anthony is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Anthony is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Anthony who work in office and administrative support (18.77%), healthcare (11.57%), and the sciences (6.43%).
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Anthony has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.57% 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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Anthony has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Anthony has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Anthony than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Anthony may be for you.
One downside of living in Anthony, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.62 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, Anthony doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Anthony 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 Anthony, 24.95% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Anthony in 2022 was $28,953, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $115,812 for a family of four. However, Anthony contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Anthony also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 41.92% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Anthony is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Anthony home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Anthony residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Anthony include Italian, German, English, Irish, and Guyanese.
The most common language spoken in Anthony is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
In addition, owner-occupied real estate dominates the neighborhood. In fact, according to NeighborhoodScout research, the percentage of residential real estate occupied by its owner is higher here than in 96.3% of neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Austrian and Portuguese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Austrian ancestry and 2.1% have Portuguese ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.4% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Anthony are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 100.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 31.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 83.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 39.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 23.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (18.8%), and 16.5% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.3% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Anthony, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (15.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (8.9%), and residents who report English roots (8.8%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.7%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (3.5%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (49.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.