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, Live Oak has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Live Oak a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small city, Live Oak does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The rate of college-level education in Live Oak is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.19% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Live Oak in 2022 was $22,136, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,544 for a family of four. However, Live Oak contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Live Oak is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Live Oak home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Live Oak residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Live Oak include Italian, German, Irish, English, and French.
The most common language spoken in Live Oak is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
