About Florissant

Florissant is a tiny town located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 104 people and just one neighborhood, Florissant is the 227th largest community in Colorado.

Florissant is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Florissant is a town of sales and office workers, professionals and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Florissant who work in office and administrative support (15.96%), management occupations (10.52%) and sales jobs (9.59%).

A relatively large number of people in Florissant telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 27.94% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Because there are quite a few people attending college in Florissant, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Florissant provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.

Florissant is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Florissant’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Florissant has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Florissant a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Florissant is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Florissant, the average commute to work is 55.00 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Florissant does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Florissant Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Florissant, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Florissant is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 65.59% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Florissant in 2010 was $22,472, which is middle income relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,888 for a family of four.

Florissant is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Florissant home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Florissant residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Florissant also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.58% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Florissant include German, Scottish and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Florissant is English.

Florissant, CO Appreciation Rates Help

PERIOD	TOTAL APPRECIATION	AVG. ANNUAL RATE	COMPARED TO CO*	COMPARED TO AMERICA*
SINCE 1990	136.82%	3.82%	3	8
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				* 10 is highest

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