About Mission Bay

Mission Bay is a very small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 3,066 people and just one neighborhood, Mission Bay is the 380th largest community in Florida.

Mission Bay is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.97% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Mission Bay is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mission Bay who work in sales jobs (16.10%), management occupations (13.95%), and business and financial occupations (11.49%).

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

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

In addition, Mission Bay 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.

Because of many things, Mission Bay is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Mission Bay a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Mission Bay has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Mission Bay's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Mission Bay is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Mission Bay, the average commute to work is 30.95 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Mission Bay doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Mission Bay Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Mission Bay. 50.55% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Mission Bay in 2000 was $34,913, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $139,652 for a family of four. However, Mission Bay contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Mission Bay home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mission Bay is White, followed by Asian. Mission Bay also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.38% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Mission Bay include Italian, German, Irish, Russian, Polish, English, and Eastern European.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Mission Bay's cultural character, accounting for 19.37% of the town's population.

The languages spoken by people in Mission Bay 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 Mission Bay is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Italian, and Hebrew.