Longwood is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 13,712 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Longwood is the 185th largest community in Florida.

Longwood is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Longwood is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Longwood who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.38%), sales jobs (12.02%), and management occupations (10.61%).

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

Longwood is a very car-oriented city. This is because most people - 97% - 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 Longwood.

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

Longwood Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Longwood is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 22.27% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Longwood in 2000 was $21,714, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,856 for a family of four.

Longwood is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Longwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Longwood is White, followed by African-American. Longwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.56% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Longwood include German, Irish, English, Italian, Polish, and French.

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