About Greater Carrollwood

Greater Carrollwood is a medium-sized town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 33,617 people and just one neighborhood, Greater Carrollwood is the 77th largest community in Florida.

Greater Carrollwood is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.54% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Greater Carrollwood is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greater Carrollwood who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.81%), sales jobs (14.96%), and management occupations (10.62%).

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

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

In addition to being popular with young singles, Greater Carrollwood is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

One notable thing about Greater Carrollwood is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Greater Carrollwood 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: 97.2% 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.

Greater Carrollwood Information and Demographics

The citizens of Greater Carrollwood are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 42.27% of adults in Greater Carrollwood have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Greater Carrollwood in 2000 was $29,107, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $116,428 for a family of four.

Greater Carrollwood is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Greater Carrollwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Greater Carrollwood is White, followed by African-American. Greater Carrollwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.11% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Greater Carrollwood include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

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