Longwood is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 16,842 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Longwood is the 173rd largest community in Florida.Longwood is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Longwood is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Longwood who work in sales jobs (14.03%), management occupations (12.52%), and office and administrative support (10.92%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.81% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. In terms of college education, Longwood is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.12% of adults in Longwood have a college degree. The per capita income in Longwood in 2022 was $35,924, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,696 for a family of four. However, Longwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Longwood is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Longwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Longwood residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Longwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.59% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Longwood include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Longwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
