Ocala is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 65,478 people and 50 associated neighborhoods, Ocala is the 49th largest community in Florida.Ocala is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Ocala is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ocala who work in sales jobs (13.34%), office and administrative support (12.76%), and management occupations (8.59%). Also of interest is that Ocala 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: 9.92% 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 terms of college education, Ocala is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.28% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Ocala in 2022 was $31,710, which is middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $126,840 for a family of four. However, Ocala contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ocala is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ocala home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ocala residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ocala also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.18% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ocala include English, German, Irish, Italian, and African. The most common language spoken in Ocala is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
