Lake Worth is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 35,237 people and 18 constituent neighborhoods, Lake Worth is the 74th largest community in Florida.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lake Worth is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lake Worth is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Worth who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.27%), building maintenance and grounds keeping (9.53%), and sales jobs (8.49%).

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

For the size of the city, public transportation in Lake Worth is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Lake Worth, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

Lake Worth Information and Demographics

The citizens of Lake Worth are slightly better educated than the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns, with 16.42% of adults in Lake Worth having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Lake Worth in 2000 was $15,517, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $62,068 for a family of four.

Lake Worth is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lake Worth home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lake Worth is White, followed by African-American. Lake Worth also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.54% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Lake Worth include Haitian, German, Irish, English, Italian, and Finnish.

In addition, Lake Worth has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (35.61%).

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