Clermont is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 46,506 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Clermont is the 81st largest community in Florida. Clermont has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Clermont, where the median household income is $75,951.00.Clermont is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Clermont is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clermont who work in office and administrative support (12.67%), management occupations (12.66%), and sales jobs (11.22%). Of important note, Clermont is also a city of artists. Clermont has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Clermont’s character. Also of interest is that Clermont 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: 16.54% 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 Clermont, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.43 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Even though Clermont is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.In terms of college education, Clermont is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.74% of adults in Clermont have a college degree. The per capita income in Clermont in 2022 was $35,217, 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 $140,868 for a family of four. However, Clermont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Clermont is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Clermont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clermont residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Clermont also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.84% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Clermont include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Guyanese. Clermont also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.84%. The most common language spoken in Clermont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
