Niceville, FL real estate and demographic information

About Niceville

Niceville is a somewhat small coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 12,941 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Niceville is the 172nd largest community in Florida.

Niceville is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.94% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Niceville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Niceville who work in office and administrative support (14.78%), sales jobs (11.30%) and management occupations (11.24%).

There are many members of the armed forces living in Niceville. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.

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

Because of many things, Niceville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Niceville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Niceville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One of the nice things about Niceville is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Niceville Information and Demographics

The citizens of Niceville are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.07% of adults in Niceville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Niceville in 2010 was $31,516, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,064 for a family of four. However, Niceville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Niceville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Niceville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Niceville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Niceville include German, Irish, English, Italian, Scottish and Polish.

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