Floral City is a somewhat small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 5,261 people and two associated neighborhoods, Floral City is the 277th largest community in Florida.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Floral City is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Floral City is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Floral City who work in sales jobs (11.85%), law enforcement and fire fighting (10.99%), and business and financial occupations (8.96%). Also of interest is that Floral City 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: 15.11% 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 town 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, Floral City has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Floral City a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Floral City is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Floral City, the average commute to work is 32.14 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Floral City doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Floral City is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.90% of adults 25 and older in Floral City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Floral City in 2022 was $35,042, which is middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $140,168 for a family of four. However, Floral City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Floral City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Floral City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Floral City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Floral City include English, German, Irish, European, and French. The most common language spoken in Floral City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
