Grand Island is a somewhat small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 5,416 people and just one neighborhood, Grand Island is the 286th largest community in Florida. Much of the housing stock in Grand Island was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Grand Island economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Grand Island, where the median household income is $86,583.00.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Grand Island is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Grand Island is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Grand Island who work in office and administrative support (17.72%), healthcare suport services (10.60%), and sales jobs (10.33%).
Also of interest is that Grand Island has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.11% 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.
Residents will find that the town 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, Grand Island is worth considering.
One downside of living in Grand Island is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Grand Island, the average commute to work is 31.26 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Grand Island does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Grand Island citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.91% of adults in Grand Island have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Grand Island in 2022 was $38,510, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $154,040 for a family of four. However, Grand Island contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Grand Island is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Grand Island home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grand Island residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Grand Island also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.82% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Grand Island include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Grand Island is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
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 Grand Island, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Austrian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Austrian ancestry.
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 Grand Island are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 60.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 74.4% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 35.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations, with 28.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.0%), and 15.4% 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 94.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (5.3%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Grand Island, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (11.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (11.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (9.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (7.7%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (6.9%), 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 (34.4% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (72.5%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (13.4%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.