Avon Park is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 8,657 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Avon Park is the 258th largest community in Florida.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Avon Park is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 39.8% of the Avon Park workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Avon Park is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and farmers, fishers, or foresters. There are especially a lot of people living in Avon Park who work in office and administrative support jobs (10.50%), sales jobs (8.35%), and food service (7.92%).

In addition, many people in Avon Park have jobs in agriculture, more so than in most other communities in America. As a result, you will see quite a number of farms around town.

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

Avon Park Information and Demographics

The citizens of Avon Park have a very low rate of college education: just 7.80% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 14.96% for all cities.

The per capita income in Avon Park in 2000 was $11,897, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $47,588 for a family of four.

Avon Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Avon Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Avon Park is White, followed by African-American. Avon Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.88% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Avon Park include English, German, Irish, and Haitian.

The most common language spoken in Avon Park is English. Some people also speak Spanish.