Lake Placid is a very small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 2,471 people and nine associated neighborhoods, Lake Placid is the 365th largest community in Florida.Lake Placid is a blue-collar town, with 35.87% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Lake Placid is a town of service providers, managers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lake Placid who work in management occupations (10.90%), farm management occupations (9.89%), and personal care services (8.75%). A relatively large number of people in Lake Placid telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.76% 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. One downside of living in Lake Placid is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Lake Placid, the average commute to work is 33.30 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Lake Placid is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Lake Placid citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.40% of adults in Lake Placid have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Lake Placid in 2022 was $26,238, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $104,952 for a family of four. However, Lake Placid contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Lake Placid is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Lake Placid 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 Lake Placid, accounting for 42.57% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Lake Placid residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lake Placid include English, German, Jamaican, Irish, and Scots-Irish. In addition, Lake Placid has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (29.54%). The most common language spoken in Lake Placid is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
