It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Mims has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Mims has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mims than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mims may be for you.
One of the nice things about Mims is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.
Mims is a small town, 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 Mims are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.48% of adults in Mims have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in Mims in 2022 was $38,774, 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 $155,096 for a family of four. However, Mims contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Mims home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mims residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mims include German, English, Irish, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Mims is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and French.
