Lake Placid is a very small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 2,471 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Lake Placid is the 365th largest community in Florida.Lake Placid is a blue-collar town, with 35.87% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Lake Placid is a town of service providers, managers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Placid who work in management occupations (10.90%), farm management occupations (9.89%), and personal care services (8.75%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.76% 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. In Lake Placid, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.30 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small town, Lake Placid does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Lake Placid overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Lake Placid, 21.40% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Lake Placid in 2022 was $26,238, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $104,952 for a family of four. However, Lake Placid contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lake Placid is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lake Placid home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Lake Placid, accounting for 42.57% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Lake Placid residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lake Placid include English, German, Jamaican, Irish, and Scots-Irish. Lake Placid also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 29.54%. The most common language spoken in Lake Placid is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
