Loxahatchee is a somewhat small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 18,854 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Loxahatchee is the 147th largest community in Florida.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Loxahatchee is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Loxahatchee is a town of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Loxahatchee who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.13%), sales jobs (9.64%), and management occupations (8.78%).

One downside of living in Loxahatchee, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 41.60 minutes every day commuting to work.

Residents of Loxahatchee by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 98% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented town. While Loxahatchee 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.

Loxahatchee is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Loxahatchee Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Loxahatchee who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 15.68% of the adults in Loxahatchee have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Loxahatchee in 2000 was $22,526, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $90,104 for a family of four. However, Loxahatchee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Loxahatchee is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Loxahatchee home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Loxahatchee is White, followed by African-American. Loxahatchee also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.89% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Loxahatchee include German, Italian, Irish, English, French, and Jamaican.

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