Clearwater is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 107,925 people and 30 constituent neighborhoods, Clearwater is the 12th largest community in Florida.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Clearwater is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Clearwater is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clearwater who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.17%), sales jobs (13.86%), and management occupations (9.87%).

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

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

Clearwater has quite a few people who use public transportation to get to work each day, primarily riding the bus.

Clearwater Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Clearwater who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 23.86% of adults in Clearwater have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Clearwater in 2000 was $22,786, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,144 for a family of four.

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

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