Umatilla is a very small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 3,828 people and four associated neighborhoods, Umatilla is the 314th largest community in Florida. Umatilla has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Umatilla, where the median household income is $67,505.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Umatilla is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Umatilla is a city of construction workers and builders, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Umatilla who work in management occupations (12.43%), sales jobs (11.31%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (8.80%). A relatively large number of people in Umatilla telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.43% 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. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Umatilla has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Umatilla a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Umatilla is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Umatilla, the average commute to work is 32.66 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small city, Umatilla doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In terms of college education, Umatilla is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.78% of adults 25 and older in Umatilla have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Umatilla in 2022 was $37,882, 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 $151,528 for a family of four. However, Umatilla contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Umatilla home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Umatilla residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Umatilla include English, German, Irish, Swedish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Umatilla is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
