Orange Park is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 9,040 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Orange Park is the 253rd largest community in Florida.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Orange Park is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Orange Park is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Orange Park who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.07%), sales jobs (14.31%), and management occupations (8.01%).

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

There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Orange Park, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Orange Park 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.

Even though Orange Park is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation - mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

Orange Park Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Orange Park is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 25.57% of adults in Orange Park have a college degree.

The per capita income in Orange Park in 2000 was $24,087, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,348 for a family of four.

Orange Park is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Orange Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Orange Park is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Orange Park include English, German, Irish, French, Italian, and Scotch-Irish.

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