Haines City is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 33,629 people and six associated neighborhoods, Haines City is the 119th largest community in Florida. Haines City 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 Haines City, where the median household income is $57,718.00.Haines City is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Haines City is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Haines City who work in office and administrative support (12.14%), sales jobs (9.04%), and food service (8.40%). One downside of living in Haines City is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Haines City, the average commute to work is 34.51 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. In terms of college education, Haines City is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 17.72% of adults 25 and older in Haines City have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Haines City in 2022 was $26,919, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,676 for a family of four. However, Haines City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Haines City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Haines City 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 Haines City, accounting for 46.46% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Haines City residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Haines City include Haitian, English, German, Irish, and Italian. Haines City also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 18.38%. The most common language spoken in Haines City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
