Lake Magdalene is a medium-sized town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 28,832 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Lake Magdalene is the 96th largest community in Florida.

Lake Magdalene is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.99% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Lake Magdalene is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Magdalene who work in office and administrative support jobs (19.59%), sales jobs (16.41%), and management occupations (8.80%).

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

In addition, Lake Magdalene is home to many people who could 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.

Lake Magdalene is a very car-oriented town. This is because most people - 97.8% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Lake Magdalene.

Lake Magdalene is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Lake Magdalene Information and Demographics

The education level of Lake Magdalene citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 33.52% of adults in Lake Magdalene have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lake Magdalene in 2000 was $26,685, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,740 for a family of four.

Lake Magdalene is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lake Magdalene home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lake Magdalene is White, followed by African-American. Lake Magdalene also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.53% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Lake Magdalene include German, Irish, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Lake Magdalene is English. Some people also speak Spanish.