The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Bokeelia has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Bokeelia a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Bokeelia is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.
Being a small town, Bokeelia does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Bokeelia citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.92% of adults in Bokeelia have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Bokeelia in 2018 was $49,671, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $198,684 for a family of four. However, Bokeelia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bokeelia is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bokeelia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bokeelia residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Bokeelia also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.18% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bokeelia include German, English, Irish, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Bokeelia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
