Winter Garden is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 47,049 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Winter Garden is the 73rd largest community in Florida. Much of the housing stock in Winter Garden was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Winter Garden economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Winter Garden, where the median household income is $101,953.00. Housing costs in Winter Garden are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Florida.Winter Garden is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Winter Garden is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Winter Garden who work in sales jobs (15.66%), management occupations (14.07%), and food service (9.85%). Also of interest is that Winter Garden 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: 14.34% 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 Winter Garden is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Winter Garden, the average commute to work is 30.39 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Winter Garden is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 42.42% of adults in Winter Garden have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher. The per capita income in Winter Garden in 2022 was $40,685, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $162,740 for a family of four. However, Winter Garden contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Winter Garden is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Winter Garden home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Winter Garden residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Winter Garden also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.75% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Winter Garden include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish. Foreign born people are also an important part of Winter Garden's cultural character, accounting for 22.01% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Winter Garden is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
