Palm Coast is a larger medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 98,411 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, Palm Coast is the 31st largest community in Florida. Much of the housing stock in Palm Coast was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Palm Coast economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Palm Coast, where the median household income is $68,824.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Palm Coast is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Palm Coast is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Palm Coast who work in sales jobs (13.55%), office and administrative support (11.51%), and management occupations (7.96%). Also of interest is that Palm Coast has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.09% 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. Palm Coast is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. The overall education level of Palm Coast is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.45% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Palm Coast in 2022 was $37,904, 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 $151,616 for a family of four. However, Palm Coast contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Palm Coast is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Palm Coast home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Palm Coast residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Palm Coast also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.19% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Palm Coast include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Palm Coast is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
