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, Fellsmere has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Fellsmere a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Fellsmere is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fellsmere, the average commute to work is 32.79 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
Fellsmere, even though it is a small city, has many people who use public transportation every day to get to and from work. This is a great benefit for people in the, city who have a need for low-cost transportation.
In Fellsmere, just 12.12% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Fellsmere in 2022 was $19,853, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $79,412 for a family of four. However, Fellsmere contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fellsmere is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fellsmere home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Fellsmere, accounting for 76.28% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Fellsmere residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fellsmere include Irish, German, English, Haitian, and Italian.
Fellsmere also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 31.50%.
The most common language spoken in Fellsmere is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
