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Lake Mary, FL
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Living in Lake Mary



Lake Mary is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 16,765 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Lake Mary is the 159th largest community in Florida.

Housing costs in Lake Mary are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Florida.

Also of interest is that Lake Mary has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 18.69% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

If knowledge is power, Lake Mary is a pretty powerful place. 53.24% of the adults in Lake Mary have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Lake Mary in 2018 was $54,399, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $217,596 for a family of four. However, Lake Mary contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Lake Mary is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lake Mary home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lake Mary residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Lake Mary also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.61% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Lake Mary include German, English, Italian, Irish, and Polish.

In addition, Lake Mary has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.53%).

The most common language spoken in Lake Mary is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.