Fort Meade is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 5,270 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fort Meade is the 283rd largest community in Florida.

A relatively large number of people in Fort Meade telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.15% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

The city 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, Fort Meade has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Fort Meade a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In Fort Meade, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.71 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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

The rate of college-level education in Fort Meade is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.18% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.

The per capita income in Fort Meade in 2022 was $25,351, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $101,404 for a family of four. However, Fort Meade contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fort Meade is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fort Meade home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Meade residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Meade also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.98% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Meade include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Fort Meade is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.