Orange Park is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 9,040 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Orange Park is the 253rd largest community in Florida.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Orange Park is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Orange Park is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Orange Park who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.07%), sales jobs (14.31%), and management occupations (8.01%).

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

There are many members of the armed forces living in Orange Park. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.

One of the nice things about Orange Park 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.

Even though Orange Park is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation - mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

Orange Park Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Orange Park is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 25.57% of adults in Orange Park have a college degree.

The per capita income in Orange Park in 2000 was $24,087, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $96,348 for a family of four.

Orange Park is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Orange Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Orange Park is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Orange Park include English, German, Irish, French, Italian, and Scotch-Irish.

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