Wellington is a medium-sized village located in the state of Florida. With a population of 38,036 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Wellington is the 64th largest community in Florida.

Wellington is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 88.55% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Wellington is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wellington who work in sales jobs (16.70%), office and administrative support jobs (14.01%), and management occupations (13.57%).

In addition, Wellington 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.

One downside of living in Wellington, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.07 minutes every day commuting to work.

One notable thing about Wellington is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Wellington is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 97.3% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Even though Wellington is not a small village, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

Wellington Information and Demographics

The citizens of Wellington are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.99% of adults in Wellington have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Wellington in 2000 was $30,726, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $122,904 for a family of four. However, Wellington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Wellington home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Wellington is White, followed by African-American. Wellington also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.34% of the village's residents. Important ancestries of people in Wellington include Italian, Irish, German, English, Polish, Russian, and French.

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