Port St. Lucie is a large coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 258,575 people and 40 associated neighborhoods, Port St. Lucie is the seventh largest community in Florida. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Port St. Lucie, 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 Port St. Lucie, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Port St. Lucie’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Port St. Lucie does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $80,648.00.

Also of interest is that Port St. Lucie has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.77% 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.

One of the nice things about Port St. Lucie 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.

One downside of living in Port St. Lucie, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.71 minutes every day commuting to work.

In terms of college education, Port St. Lucie is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.10% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Port St. Lucie in 2022 was $37,828, which is middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $151,312 for a family of four. However, Port St. Lucie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Port St. Lucie is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Port St. Lucie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Port St. Lucie residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Port St. Lucie also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.03% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Port St. Lucie include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Haitian.

Port St. Lucie also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.72%.

The most common language spoken in Port St. Lucie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.