Delray Beach is a larger medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 67,030 people and 36 associated neighborhoods, Delray Beach is the 47th largest community in Florida. Housing costs in Delray Beach are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Florida.Delray Beach is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.69% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Delray Beach is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Delray Beach who work in sales jobs (12.57%), management occupations (12.51%), and office and administrative support (10.48%). Also of interest is that Delray Beach 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: 16.08% 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. Delray Beach 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. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. The education level of Delray Beach citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.70% of adults in Delray Beach have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Delray Beach in 2022 was $52,879, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $211,516 for a family of four. However, Delray Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Delray Beach is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Delray Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Delray Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Delray Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.31% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Delray Beach include Haitian, Italian, Irish, German, and English. In addition, Delray Beach has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (25.08%). The most common language spoken in Delray Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and French Creole.
