Margate is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 58,209 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Margate is the 60th largest community in Florida.Margate is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Margate is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Margate who work in office and administrative support (12.55%), management occupations (9.12%), and sales jobs (9.12%). Also of interest is that Margate 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: 8.23% 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. One downside of living in Margate is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Margate, the average commute to work is 30.68 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The overall education level of Margate is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.49% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Margate in 2022 was $32,707, which is middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $130,828 for a family of four. However, Margate contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Margate is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Margate home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Margate residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Margate also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.40% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Margate include Jamaican, Italian, Haitian, German, and Irish. Margate also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 37.39%. The most common language spoken in Margate is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
