Seminole is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 19,316 people and 14 constituent neighborhoods, Seminole is the 145th largest community in Florida.
Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Seminole is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Seminole is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Seminole who work in office and administrative support (13.46%), sales jobs (11.88%), and management occupations (11.52%).
Also of interest is that Seminole 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 Seminole telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.36% 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.
Seminole 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. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
The education level of Seminole citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.69% of adults in Seminole have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Seminole in 2018 was $41,428, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $165,712 for a family of four. However, Seminole contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Seminole is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Seminole home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Seminole residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Seminole include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Seminole is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.