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Lake Clarke Shores, FL

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Overview


Lake Clarke Shores is a very small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 3,541 people and just one neighborhood, Lake Clarke Shores is the 318th largest community in Florida.

Lake Clarke Shores home prices are not only among the most expensive in Florida, but Lake Clarke Shores real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

Lake Clarke Shores is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 91.12% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Lake Clarke Shores is a town of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Clarke Shores who work in management occupations (26.22%), office and administrative support (17.08%), and computer science and math (9.67%).

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

A relatively large number of people in Lake Clarke Shores telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 29.90% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Lake Clarke Shores is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Lake Clarke Shores’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Demographics

If knowledge is power, Lake Clarke Shores is a pretty powerful place. 52.19% of the adults in Lake Clarke Shores have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Lake Clarke Shores in 2018 was $55,108, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $220,432 for a family of four.

Lake Clarke Shores is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lake Clarke Shores home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lake Clarke Shores residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Lake Clarke Shores also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.89% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lake Clarke Shores include German, Irish, Brazilian, Egyptian, and English.

Lake Clarke Shores also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 22.71%.

The most common language spoken in Lake Clarke Shores is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

People

One of the really interesting characteristics about the neighborhood is that, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research, it is an excellent choice in which to reside for college students. Due to its popularity among college students who already choose to live here, its walkability, and its above average safety from crime, the neighborhood is ideal for prospective or already-enrolled college students. Between semesters and during school breaks, you'll notice that the excitement here fluctuates with the college seasons. Despite the excitement however, parents of college-age children can rest easy knowing that this neighborhood has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 3.3% of college-friendly places to live in the state of Florida.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Brazilian and Arab ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Brazilian ancestry and 8.7% have Arab ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 5.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Arabic at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Lake Clarke Shores are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 76.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.7% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 68.8% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 47.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 20.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.0%), and 14.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 59.6% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Arabic and Polish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Lake Clarke Shores, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (19.8%), and residents who report Cuban roots (14.4%), and some of the residents are also of Arab ancestry (8.7%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (6.3%), among others. In addition, 32.3% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (42.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (72.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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