Brandon is a larger medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 77,732 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Brandon is the 23rd largest community in Florida.

Brandon is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Brandon is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brandon who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.38%), sales jobs (14.52%), and management occupations (9.76%).

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

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

Brandon is a very car-oriented town: 97.8% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. In fact, the general consensus among people in Brandon is that if you need to get anywhere, you're going to have to drive. The landscape is very car-oriented, and features shopping centers, strip malls, parking lots, and wide streets. Pedestrians are discouraged by the fact that sidewalks are not always present, which makes attempts at walking downright daunting in certain parts of town.

Brandon is a decent-sized town, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the town has no real transit system.

Brandon Information and Demographics

The education level of Brandon citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 25.54% of adults in Brandon have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Brandon in 2000 was $22,080, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,320 for a family of four.

Brandon is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Brandon home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Brandon is White, followed by African-American. Brandon also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.95% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Brandon include German, Irish, English, Italian, French, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Brandon is English. Some people also speak Spanish.