Lake City is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 12,449 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Lake City is the 197th largest community in Florida.Lake City is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lake City is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake City who work in management occupations (9.80%), healthcare (9.48%), and healthcare suport services (9.20%). Lake City is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of Lake City overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Lake City, 24.06% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Lake City in 2022 was $26,949, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,796 for a family of four. However, Lake City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lake City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lake City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lake City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lake City include English, German, Irish, African, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Lake City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
