Altamonte Springs is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 45,538 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Altamonte Springs is the 74th largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Altamonte Springs is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Altamonte Springs is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Altamonte Springs who work in office and administrative support (15.09%), sales jobs (9.76%), and management occupations (8.84%). Also of interest is that Altamonte Springs 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: 12.45% 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. The education level of Altamonte Springs citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.74% of adults in Altamonte Springs have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Altamonte Springs in 2022 was $36,032, 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 $144,128 for a family of four. However, Altamonte Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Altamonte Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Altamonte Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Altamonte Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Altamonte Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.48% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Altamonte Springs include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French. Altamonte Springs also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 18.31%. The most common language spoken in Altamonte Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
