Bokeelia is a very small coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 1,855 people and two associated neighborhoods, Bokeelia is the 389th largest community in Florida.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Bokeelia is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.91% of the Bokeelia workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Bokeelia is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bokeelia who work in food service (14.95%), farm management occupations (12.54%), and office and administrative support (8.84%). And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Bokeelia has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Bokeelia has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Bokeelia has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bokeelia than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bokeelia may be for you. One of the nice things about Bokeelia is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities. Bokeelia is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Bokeelia are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.92% of adults in Bokeelia have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Bokeelia in 2022 was $49,671, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $198,684 for a family of four. However, Bokeelia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bokeelia is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bokeelia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bokeelia residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Bokeelia also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.18% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bokeelia include German, English, Irish, French, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Bokeelia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
