Coconut Creek is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 43,327 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Coconut Creek is the 56th largest community in Florida.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Coconut Creek is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Coconut Creek is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Coconut Creek who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.93%), sales jobs (15.90%), and management occupations (11.52%).

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

One notable thing about Coconut Creek is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Coconut Creek 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.

Even though Coconut Creek is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

Coconut Creek Information and Demographics

The education level of Coconut Creek citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 27.14% of adults in Coconut Creek have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Coconut Creek in 2000 was $25,590, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,360 for a family of four.

Coconut Creek is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Coconut Creek home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Coconut Creek is White, followed by African-American. Coconut Creek also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.80% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Coconut Creek include Italian, Irish, German, Russian, Polish, and English.

Coconut Creek also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 18.27%.

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