Longwood is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 13,712 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Longwood is the 185th largest community in Florida.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Longwood is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Longwood is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Longwood who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.38%), sales jobs (12.02%), and management occupations (10.61%).

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

Residents of Longwood by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 97% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Longwood may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Being a small city, Longwood does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Longwood Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Longwood who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 22.27% of adults in Longwood have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Longwood in 2000 was $21,714, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $86,856 for a family of four.

Longwood is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Longwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Longwood is White, followed by African-American. Longwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.56% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Longwood include German, Irish, English, Italian, Polish, and French.

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