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." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Greater Carrollwood is a very car-oriented town: 97.2% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. In fact, the general consensus among people in Greater Carrollwood is that if you need to get anywhere, you're going to have to drive. The landscape is very car-oriented, and features shopping centers, strip malls, parking lots, and wide streets. Pedestrians are discouraged by the fact that sidewalks are not always present, which makes attempts at walking downright daunting in certain parts of town.

Greater Carrollwood Information and Demographics

The education level of Greater Carrollwood citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 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.