About Big Pine Key

Big Pine Key is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 5,049 people and just one neighborhood, Big Pine Key is the 332nd largest community in Florida.

Big Pine Key is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Big Pine Key is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Big Pine Key who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.03%), sales jobs (9.21%), and management occupations (8.44%).

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Big Pine Key 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. This is certainly the case with Big Pine Key, which has a vibrant tourist economy.

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

Big Pine Key Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Big Pine Key is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 24.86% of adults in Big Pine Key have a college degree.

The per capita income in Big Pine Key in 2000 was $23,169, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $92,676 for a family of four.

The people who call Big Pine Key home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Big Pine Key is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Big Pine Key include German, English, Irish, Italian, French, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Big Pine Key is English. Some people also speak Spanish.