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    Cedar Key, FL

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    Overview


    Cedar Key is a tiny coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 736 people and just one neighborhood, Cedar Key is the 453rd largest community in Florida.

    Occupations and Workforce

    Unlike some cities, Cedar Key isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Cedar Key are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Cedar Key is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Cedar Key who work in art, media, and design (20.87%), management occupations (16.09%), and sales jobs (14.35%).

    Of important note, Cedar Key is also a city of artists. Cedar Key has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Cedar Key’s character.

    One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 32.17% 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.

    Setting & Lifestyle

    The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Cedar Key has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Cedar Key a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

    Cedar Key is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

    Being a small city, Cedar Key does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

    Demographics

    The education level of Cedar Key ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Cedar Key, 49.93% 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 Cedar Key in 2022 was $44,980, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $179,920 for a family of four. However, Cedar Key contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

    Cedar Key is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cedar Key home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cedar Key residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Cedar Key include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and French.

    The most common language spoken in Cedar Key is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Other Indo-European.

    Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

    Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Cedar Key, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

    Real Estate

    This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 7 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 97.8% of America. is a neighborhood that is on the ocean, a bay, or inlet. Many times, such places have amenities that bring locals and visitors to the waterfront for recreational activities or to check out the scenery. In some densely populated areas that are less financially well-off, the neighborhood waterfront can be relatively industrial and less open to recreation. In addition to being coastal, is a very nautical neighborhood, meaning that it is somewhat historic, walkable, densely populated and on the water. This gives the neighborhood a very nautical feel, with some seaside and shipping feel, which some may really enjoy the sights and sounds of. 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, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 31.3% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 95.9% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.

    Furthermore, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.8% of all neighborhoods in America, with 31.5% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

    People

    The neighborhood has a greater percentage of children living in poverty (58.5%) than found in 96.7% of all U.S. neighborhoods. Children living in poverty is one of the challenges facing America, and the world, and in this neighborhood in particular, the problem can be considered acute.

    In addition, if you're planning where to retire, the neighborhood in Cedar Key is a great option to consider. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive retirement dream area analysis, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety ratings compared to other neighborhoods in FL, offers a wide range of housing options, and has already attracted an enviable mix of college educated seniors. This neighborhood ranks as better for retirement living than 87.8% of the neighborhoods in Florida. If you are considering retiring to Florida, this is a good neighborhood to look at.

    Occupations

    Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 95.9% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

    Diversity

    Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry.

    The Neighbors

    How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

    The neighbors in the neighborhood in Cedar Key are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 80.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 58.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 96.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.

    The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

    In the neighborhood, 46.5% 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 23.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.3%), and 5.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

    Languages

    The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.3% of households. Some people also speak Italian (3.5%).

    Ethnicity / Ancestry

    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 Cedar Key, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (17.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.2%), and residents who report English roots (15.3%), and some of the residents are also of Dutch ancestry (4.9%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (4.7%), among others.

    Getting to Work

    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 (33.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

    Here most residents (58.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also ride the bus to get to work (7.3%) and 6.4% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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