Brandon is a larger medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 77,732 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Brandon is the 23rd largest community in Florida.

Unlike some towns, Brandon isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Brandon are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Brandon is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brandon who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.38%), sales jobs (14.52%), and management occupations (9.76%).

Also of interest is that Brandon 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 Brandon 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.

One notable thing about Brandon is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Brandon is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 97.8% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Brandon is a decent-sized town, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the town has no real transit system.

Brandon Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Brandon citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 25.54% of adults in Brandon have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Brandon in 2000 was $22,080, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,320 for a family of four.

Brandon is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Brandon home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Brandon is White, followed by African-American. Brandon also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.95% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Brandon include German, Irish, English, Italian, French, and Polish.

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