Homestead is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 32,046 people and 14 constituent neighborhoods, Homestead is the 85th largest community in Florida.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Homestead is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 41.6% of the Homestead workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Homestead is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Homestead who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.13%), sales jobs (10.31%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (7.39%).

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Homestead 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.

One downside of living in Homestead is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Homestead, the average commute to work is 31.85 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Homestead is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.

Homestead Information and Demographics

The population of Homestead has a very low overall level of education: only 9.83% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in Homestead in 2000 was $11,357, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $45,428 for a family of four.

Homestead is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Homestead home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Homestead is White, followed by African-American. Homestead also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 53.48% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Homestead include Haitian, German, and Irish.

In addition, Homestead has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (36.04%).

The most common language spoken in Homestead is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and French Creole.