Wildwood is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 19,031 people and five associated neighborhoods, Wildwood is the 169th largest community in Florida. Much of the housing stock in Wildwood was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Wildwood economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Wildwood, where the median household income is $76,552.00.

Housing costs in Wildwood 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.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 18.06% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Wildwood has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Wildwood a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

The education level of Wildwood citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.87% of adults in Wildwood have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Wildwood in 2022 was $52,830, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $211,320 for a family of four. However, Wildwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Wildwood is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wildwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wildwood residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wildwood include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.

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