Indian Harbour Beach is a somewhat small coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 8,997 people and two associated neighborhoods, Indian Harbour Beach is the 223rd largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Indian Harbour Beach is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Indian Harbour Beach is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Indian Harbour Beach who work in management occupations (13.80%), healthcare (11.09%), and business and financial occupations (9.03%). Also of interest is that Indian Harbour 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: 10.68% 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. Indian Harbour 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. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities. Being a small city, Indian Harbour Beach does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.If knowledge is power, Indian Harbour Beach is a pretty powerful place. 50.40% of the adults in Indian Harbour Beach have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns. The per capita income in Indian Harbour Beach in 2022 was $56,461, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $225,844 for a family of four. However, Indian Harbour Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Indian Harbour Beach is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Indian Harbour Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Indian Harbour Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Indian Harbour Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.29% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Indian Harbour Beach include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Indian Harbour Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
