Shalimar is a tiny coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 754 people and three associated neighborhoods, Shalimar is the 447th largest community in Florida.
Shalimar is a military town: the armed forces employs 6.63% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Professional, scientific, and technical services and Education are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 26.35% and 9.91% of the civilian workforce respectively.
Also of interest is that Shalimar has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.49% 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.
Shalimar 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. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.
Being a small town, Shalimar does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
If knowledge is power, Shalimar is a pretty powerful place. 61.07% of the adults in Shalimar have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.
The per capita income in Shalimar in 2022 was $51,917, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $207,668 for a family of four.
Shalimar is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Shalimar home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Shalimar residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Shalimar also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.34% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Shalimar include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Shalimar is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.