St. Cloud is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 64,489 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, St. Cloud is the 59th largest community in Florida. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in St. Cloud, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to St. Cloud, and putting down their money on brand new construction. St. Cloud’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. St. Cloud does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $69,366.00.St. Cloud is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, St. Cloud is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in St. Cloud who work in office and administrative support (14.59%), sales jobs (12.08%), and teaching (8.28%). Also of interest is that St. Cloud 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: 8.46% 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. One downside of living in St. Cloud, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.26 minutes every day commuting to work. In terms of college education, St. Cloud is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.81% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in St. Cloud in 2022 was $26,677, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,708 for a family of four. However, St. Cloud contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. St. Cloud is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call St. Cloud 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 St. Cloud, accounting for 46.24% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of St. Cloud residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in St. Cloud include Irish, German, English, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in St. Cloud is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.
