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.
For a small city, Fellsmere has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Fellsmere exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
The percentage of people in Fellsmere with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.12% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
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.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Fellsmere's cultural character, accounting for 31.50% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Fellsmere is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
