Orange Park is a somewhat small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 9,064 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Orange Park is the 220th largest community in Florida.Unlike some towns, Orange Park isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Orange Park are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Orange Park is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Orange Park who work in business and financial occupations (12.79%), office and administrative support (12.54%), and sales jobs (10.80%). Also of interest is that Orange Park 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: 9.00% 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 Orange Park is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Orange Park, the average commute to work is 30.41 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. In terms of college education, Orange Park is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.35% of adults in Orange Park have a college degree. The per capita income in Orange Park in 2022 was $42,460, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $169,840 for a family of four. However, Orange Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Orange Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Orange Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Orange Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Orange Park include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Orange Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Pacific Island languages.
