Longboat Key is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 7,575 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Longboat Key is the 276th largest community in Florida.

Longboat Key is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.96% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Longboat Key is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Longboat Key who work in management occupations (23.21%), sales jobs (18.61%), and business and financial occupations (11.76%).

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 20.05% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Longboat Key is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the town's population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.

A very large number of seniors call Longboat Key home: people 65 and over are 57.76% of the population. Because of the prominence of the retirement community, this is good place for the over-65 crowd to settle, as many of the town's services and social community are geared to this demographic.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Longboat Key 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.

Being a small town, Longboat Key does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Longboat Key Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Longboat Key is a pretty powerful place. 53.06% of the adults in Longboat Key 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 Longboat Key in 2000 was $80,963, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $323,852 for a family of four. However, Longboat Key contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Longboat Key home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Longboat Key is White, followed by Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Longboat Key include German, English, Irish, Russian, Italian, Polish, Swedish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Longboat Key is English.