Coconut Creek is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 59,721 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Coconut Creek is the 61st largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities, Coconut Creek isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Coconut Creek are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Coconut Creek is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Coconut Creek who work in office and administrative support (12.55%), management occupations (11.20%), and sales jobs (10.45%). Also of interest is that Coconut Creek 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: 13.85% 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 Coconut Creek is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Coconut Creek, the average commute to work is 30.78 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The citizens of Coconut Creek are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.98% of adults in Coconut Creek have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Coconut Creek in 2022 was $47,292, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $189,168 for a family of four. However, Coconut Creek contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Coconut Creek is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Coconut Creek home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Coconut Creek residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Coconut Creek also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.51% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Coconut Creek include Italian, German, Irish, Jamaican, and Brazilian. Coconut Creek also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 33.79%. The most common language spoken in Coconut Creek is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
