Avon Park is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 10,219 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Avon Park is the 215th largest community in Florida.Avon Park is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Avon Park is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Avon Park who work in healthcare suport services (13.81%), sales jobs (9.44%), and office and administrative support (9.06%). The rate of college-level education in Avon Park is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.75% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Avon Park in 2022 was $24,761, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,044 for a family of four. However, Avon Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Avon Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Avon Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Avon Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Avon Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.30% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Avon Park include German, Irish, English, Dutch, and Haitian. The most common language spoken in Avon Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
