Fruitland Park is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 8,711 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fruitland Park is the 227th largest community in Florida. Much of the housing stock in Fruitland Park was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Fruitland Park economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Fruitland Park, where the median household income is $70,167.00.

Of important note, Fruitland Park is also a city of artists. Fruitland Park has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Fruitland Park’s character.

Also of interest is that Fruitland Park 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: 7.47% 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.

Being a small city, Fruitland Park does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Fruitland Park citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.39% of adults in Fruitland Park have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Fruitland Park in 2022 was $42,038, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $168,152 for a family of four. However, Fruitland Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fruitland Park is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fruitland Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fruitland Park residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Fruitland Park include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Fruitland Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.