Key Biscayne is a somewhat small coastal village (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 10,477 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Key Biscayne is the 228th largest community in Florida.

Key Biscayne is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 96.84% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Key Biscayne is a village of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Key Biscayne who work in management occupations (28.55%), sales jobs (17.81%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.02%).

Of important note, Key Biscayne is also a village of artists. Key Biscayne has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Key Biscayne's character.

A relatively large number of people in Key Biscayne telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.43% 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 village, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Key Biscayne. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Key Biscayne.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Key Biscayne is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

The village is also nautical, which means that parts of Key Biscayne 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. This is certainly the case with Key Biscayne, which has a vibrant tourist economy.

Key Biscayne Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Key Biscayne is a pretty powerful place. 64.95% of the adults in Key Biscayne have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Key Biscayne in 2000 was $54,213, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $216,852 for a family of four. However, Key Biscayne contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Key Biscayne home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Key Biscayne is White, followed by African-American. Key Biscayne also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 49.77% of the village's residents. Important ancestries of people in Key Biscayne include German, English, Italian, Irish, French, and Russian.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Key Biscayne's cultural character, accounting for 50.38% of the village's population.

The languages spoken by people in Key Biscayne are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Key Biscayne is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English, Portuguese, and French.