Stuart 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 17,531 people and 20 constituent neighborhoods, Stuart is the 156th largest community in Florida.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.30% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

One of the nice things about Stuart is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Stuart 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.

In terms of college education, Stuart is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.37% of adults in Stuart have a college degree.

The per capita income in Stuart in 2018 was $37,272, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $149,088 for a family of four. However, Stuart contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Stuart is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Stuart home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stuart residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Stuart also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.75% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Stuart include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Jamaican.

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