Dade City is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 7,670 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Dade City is the 243rd largest community in Florida.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.94% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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

The population of Dade City overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Dade City, 23.28% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Dade City in 2018 was $29,877, which is lower middle income relative to Florida, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,508 for a family of four. However, Dade City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Dade City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Dade City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Dade City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Dade City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.02% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Dade City include German, English, Irish, Italian, and African.

The most common language spoken in Dade City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.