Margate is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 58,209 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Margate is the 60th largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Margate is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Margate is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Margate who work in office and administrative support (12.55%), management occupations (9.12%), and sales jobs (9.12%). Also of interest is that Margate has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Margate telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.23% 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. In Margate, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.68 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The percentage of people in Margate who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.49% of adults in Margate have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Margate in 2022 was $32,707, which is middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $130,828 for a family of four. However, Margate contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Margate is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Margate home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Margate residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Margate also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.40% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Margate include Jamaican, Italian, Haitian, German, and Irish. Margate also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 37.39%. The most common language spoken in Margate is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
