Howey-in-the-Hills is a very small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 1,674 people and just one neighborhood, Howey-in-the-Hills is the 399th largest community in Florida. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Howey-in-the-Hills, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Howey-in-the-Hills, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Howey-in-the-Hills’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Howey-in-the-Hills does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $93,403.00.
Howey-in-the-Hills is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Howey-in-the-Hills is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Howey-in-the-Hills who work in management occupations (14.58%), sales jobs (11.61%), and healthcare (9.47%).
Also of interest is that Howey-in-the-Hills has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Howey-in-the-Hills telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.90% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Howey-in-the-Hills is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Howey-in-the-Hills’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
One downside of living in Howey-in-the-Hills is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Howey-in-the-Hills, the average commute to work is 30.94 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Howey-in-the-Hills doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Howey-in-the-Hills citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.59% of adults in Howey-in-the-Hills have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Howey-in-the-Hills in 2022 was $40,109, 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 $160,436 for a family of four. However, Howey-in-the-Hills contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Howey-in-the-Hills is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Howey-in-the-Hills home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Howey-in-the-Hills residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Howey-in-the-Hills also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.61% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Howey-in-the-Hills include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Howey-in-the-Hills is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
If you're looking for a great spot to raise a family, then look no further than the neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's analysis found that the combination of good quality public schools, above-average safety from crime, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family homes, help make this neighborhood among the top 12.6% of family-friendly neighborhoods across the state of Florida. In addition, there are a high proportion of other families with school-aged children living here, making it easy for parents and their children to socialize and develop a sense of community support. In addition, families here highly value education, as is reflected by the strength of the local schools, in part due to the educational attainment of the parents here, who vote in support of the public schools.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Cuban ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Cuban 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 Howey-in-the-Hills are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 67.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 5.1% 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 63.6% 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, 43.2% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 23.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (18.3%), and 13.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 87.2% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (10.1%).
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 Howey-in-the-Hills, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (15.1%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (13.3%), and residents who report Italian roots (10.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.2%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (5.8%), 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 (42.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (70.8%) 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 (10.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.