Pompano Beach is a larger medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 112,302 people and 28 associated neighborhoods, Pompano Beach is the 23rd largest community in Florida.
Also of interest is that Pompano Beach has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.90% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
Pompano Beach 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 Pompano Beach citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.06% of adults in Pompano Beach have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Pompano Beach in 2022 was $36,927, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,708 for a family of four. However, Pompano Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Pompano Beach is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pompano Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pompano Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Pompano Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.08% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pompano Beach include Haitian, Italian, German, Irish, and English.
Pompano Beach also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 31.65%.
The most common language spoken in Pompano Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.