Fellsmere is a very small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 4,955 people and two associated neighborhoods, Fellsmere is the 290th largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities, Fellsmere isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Fellsmere are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fellsmere is a city of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fellsmere who work in maintenance occupations (20.50%), office and administrative support (11.51%), and farm management occupations (8.68%). You will also find that a lot of people in Fellsmere work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms. A relatively large number of people in Fellsmere telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.12% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Fellsmere has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Fellsmere a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Fellsmere, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.16 minutes every day commuting to work. The citizens of Fellsmere are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 13.61% of adults in Fellsmere have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Fellsmere in 2022 was $16,895, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,580 for a family of four. However, Fellsmere contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fellsmere is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fellsmere home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Fellsmere, accounting for 72.30% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Fellsmere residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Fellsmere include Italian, German, English, Irish, and Scottish. In addition, Fellsmere has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (31.65%). The most common language spoken in Fellsmere is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
