Lake Worth is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 35,237 people and 18 constituent neighborhoods, Lake Worth is the 74th largest community in Florida.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lake Worth is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lake Worth is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Worth who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.27%), building maintenance and grounds keeping (9.53%), and sales jobs (8.49%).

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Lake Worth 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.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Lake Worth use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Lake Worth's citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

Lake Worth Information and Demographics

The population of Lake Worth overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Lake Worth, 16.42% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Lake Worth in 2000 was $15,517, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $62,068 for a family of four.

Lake Worth is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lake Worth home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lake Worth is White, followed by African-American. Lake Worth also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.54% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Lake Worth include Haitian, German, Irish, English, Italian, and Finnish.

In addition, Lake Worth has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (35.61%).

The most common language spoken in Lake Worth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.