Brandon is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 114,626 people and 25 associated neighborhoods, Brandon is the 19th largest community in Florida.Unlike some towns, Brandon isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Brandon are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Brandon is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brandon who work in office and administrative support (14.20%), management occupations (10.30%), and sales jobs (9.79%). Also of interest is that Brandon 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: 13.95% 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 overall education level of Brandon citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.97% of adults in Brandon have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Brandon in 2022 was $36,952, 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 $147,808 for a family of four. However, Brandon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Brandon is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Brandon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Brandon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Brandon also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.00% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Brandon include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Polish. In addition, Brandon has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.53%). The most common language spoken in Brandon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
