About Wekiwa Springs

Wekiwa Springs is a medium-sized town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 23,275 people and just one neighborhood, Wekiwa Springs is the 113rd largest community in Florida.

Wekiwa Springs is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 91.51% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Wekiwa Springs is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wekiwa Springs who work in sales jobs (19.16%), management occupations (16.80%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.90%).

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 7.97% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

In addition, Wekiwa Springs is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Wekiwa Springs 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, Wekiwa Springs really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Wekiwa Springs perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, 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.

Wekiwa Springs is a very car-oriented town. This is because most people - 99% - 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 Wekiwa Springs.

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

Wekiwa Springs Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Wekiwa Springs is a pretty powerful place. 49.62% of the adults in Wekiwa Springs 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 Wekiwa Springs in 2000 was $36,196, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $144,784 for a family of four. However, Wekiwa Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Wekiwa Springs home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Wekiwa Springs is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Wekiwa Springs include German, English, Irish, Italian, Polish, French, and Russian.

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