Plantation is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 96,042 people and 20 associated neighborhoods, Plantation is the 30th largest community in Florida.

Housing costs in Plantation are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Florida.

Also of interest is that Plantation 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 Plantation telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.18% 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 education level of Plantation ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Plantation, 44.06% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Plantation in 2022 was $45,711, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $182,844 for a family of four. However, Plantation contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Plantation is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Plantation home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Plantation residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Plantation also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.34% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Plantation include Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Haitian, and German.

Plantation also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 30.36%.

The most common language spoken in Plantation is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.