Winter Park is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 29,816 people and 21 associated neighborhoods, Winter Park is the 108th largest community in Florida.
Winter Park home prices are not only among the most expensive in Florida, but Winter Park real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Of important note, Winter Park is also a city of artists. Winter Park has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Winter Park’s character.
Also of interest is that Winter Park 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: 22.96% 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.
In addition, Winter Park is a college town. There are a lot of students in Winter Park attending college, and as a result Winter Park provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
Winter Park, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Winter Park, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Winter Park is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 64.69% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Winter Park in 2022 was $75,646, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $302,584 for a family of four. However, Winter Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Winter Park is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Winter Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Winter Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Winter Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.09% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Winter Park include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Winter Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.