Aventura is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 25,267 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Aventura is the 105th largest community in Florida.

Aventura is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 94.27% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Aventura is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Aventura who work in sales jobs (24.40%), management occupations (17.38%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.80%).

Of important note, Aventura is also a city of artists. Aventura has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Aventura's character.

Aventura is a major retirement destination. In fact, people 65 and over make up 35.29% of the population. For those considering a place to retire, Aventura may be a good choice because much of the city's services and social community are oriented toward the over-65 demographic.

Aventura, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Aventura are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. This is certainly the case with Aventura, which has a vibrant tourist economy.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Aventura is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. The bus helps to get a lot of people to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Aventura area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Aventura Information and Demographics

The citizens of Aventura are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.71% of adults in Aventura have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Aventura in 2000 was $41,092, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $164,368 for a family of four.

The people who call Aventura home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Aventura is White, followed by African-American. Aventura also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.63% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Aventura include Russian, Polish, Italian, German, and Israeli.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Aventura's cultural character, accounting for 36.83% of the city's population.

The languages spoken by people in Aventura are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Aventura is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Hebrew, Yiddish, Portuguese, and French.