West Park is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 15,641 people and three associated neighborhoods, West Park is the 172nd largest community in Florida.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.61% 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 downside of living in West Park, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.22 minutes every day commuting to work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of West Park rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.96% of adults 25 and older in West Park have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in West Park in 2022 was $25,105, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $100,420 for a family of four. However, West Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
West Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Park residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. West Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 43.47% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West Park include Haitian, Jamaican, Bahamian, Italian, and Irish.
West Park also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 39.69%.
The most common language spoken in West Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.