About Indian Rocks Beach

Indian Rocks Beach is a somewhat small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 5,072 people and just one neighborhood, Indian Rocks Beach is the 331st largest community in Florida.

Indian Rocks Beach is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 90.44% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Indian Rocks Beach is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Indian Rocks Beach who work in sales jobs (17.87%), office and administrative support jobs (15.42%), and management occupations (13.80%).

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

A relatively large number of people in Indian Rocks Beach telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.81% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

For a small city, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Indian Rocks Beach. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Indian Rocks Beach.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Indian Rocks Beach 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 Indian Rocks Beach, which has a vibrant tourist economy.

Indian Rocks Beach is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Indian Rocks Beach isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.95% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small city, Indian Rocks Beach does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Indian Rocks Beach Information and Demographics

The population of Indian Rocks Beach is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 38.58% of adults in Indian Rocks Beach have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Indian Rocks Beach in 2000 was $40,195, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $160,780 for a family of four.

The people who call Indian Rocks Beach home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Indian Rocks Beach is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Indian Rocks Beach include German, Irish, English, Italian, Polish, Scottish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Indian Rocks Beach is English. Some people also speak Spanish.