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.Margate is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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. One downside of living in Margate, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.68 minutes every day commuting to work. 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. Foreign born people are also an important part of Margate's cultural character, accounting for 37.39% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Margate is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
