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Fleming Island, FL
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Fleming Island profile


Living in Fleming Island



Fleming Island is a medium-sized town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 29,142 people and five associated neighborhoods, Fleming Island is the 110th largest community in Florida. Much of the housing stock in Fleming Island was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Fleming Island economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Fleming Island, where the median household income is $117,414.00.

There are many members of the armed forces living in Fleming Island. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.

Also of interest is that Fleming Island 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 Fleming Island telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 16.91% 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.

Because of many things, Fleming Island is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Fleming Island really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Fleming Island perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Fleming Island is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The education level of Fleming Island ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Fleming Island, 48.32% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Fleming Island in 2018 was $51,368, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $205,472 for a family of four.

Fleming Island is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fleming Island home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fleming Island residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fleming Island also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.29% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fleming Island include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Fleming Island is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.