Waldo is a tiny city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 818 people and two associated neighborhoods, Waldo is the 437th largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities, Waldo isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Waldo are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Waldo is a city of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Waldo who work in office and administrative support (47.59%), sales jobs (8.55%), and computer science and math (5.04%). Also of interest is that Waldo has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Waldo has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Waldo has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Waldo than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Waldo may be for you. Being a small city, Waldo does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Waldo has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.89% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Waldo in 2022 was $26,374, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $105,496 for a family of four. Waldo is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Waldo home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Waldo residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Waldo also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.88% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Waldo include Irish, English, German, Scottish, and Russian. The most common language spoken in Waldo is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
