Auburndale is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 18,579 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Auburndale is the 170th largest community in Florida.Auburndale is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Auburndale is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Auburndale who work in management occupations (15.55%), office and administrative support (12.17%), and sales jobs (10.95%). Also of interest is that Auburndale 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: 9.36% 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. In terms of college education, Auburndale is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.04% of adults 25 and older in Auburndale have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Auburndale in 2022 was $29,670, which is lower middle income relative to Florida, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,680 for a family of four. However, Auburndale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Auburndale is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Auburndale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Auburndale residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Auburndale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.52% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Auburndale include English, German, Irish, Haitian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Auburndale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
