Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Fort Meade is worth considering.
In Fort Meade, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.52 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Fort Meade is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Fort Meade have a very low rate of college education: just 9.36% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Fort Meade in 2022 was $25,857, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,428 for a family of four. However, Fort Meade contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fort Meade is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fort Meade home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Meade residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Meade also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 32.61% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Meade include English, German, Irish, Italian, and African.
The most common language spoken in Fort Meade is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
