About Apollo Beach

Apollo Beach is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 7,469 people and just one neighborhood, Apollo Beach is the 279th largest community in Florida.

Unlike some towns , Apollo Beach isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Apollo Beach are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Apollo Beach is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Apollo Beach who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.36%), sales jobs (16.02%), and management occupations (13.61%).

Also of interest is that Apollo Beach has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Apollo Beach are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

One downside of living in Apollo Beach, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.07 minutes every day commuting to work.

Apollo Beach is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Apollo Beach, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.92% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Apollo Beach is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Apollo Beach Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Apollo Beach is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 21.05% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Apollo Beach in 2000 was $28,583, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $114,332 for a family of four.

The people who call Apollo Beach home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Apollo Beach is White, followed by Asian. Apollo Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.91% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Apollo Beach include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Apollo Beach is English. Some people also speak Spanish.