Nokomis is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 3,217 people and five associated neighborhoods, Nokomis is the 329th largest community in Florida.

Housing costs in Nokomis are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Florida.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.16% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

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!) Nokomis 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. Nokomis has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Nokomis than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Nokomis may be for you.

Nokomis is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.23 minutes getting to work every day.

As is often the case in a small town, Nokomis doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The percentage of adults in Nokomis who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.93% of the adults in Nokomis have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Nokomis in 2022 was $56,087, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $224,348 for a family of four. However, Nokomis contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Nokomis is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Nokomis home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nokomis residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Nokomis include German, Irish, English, French, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Nokomis is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Thai.