Ocoee is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 48,198 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Ocoee is the 72nd largest community in Florida.
Also of interest is that Ocoee 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: 11.42% 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.
One downside of living in Ocoee is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ocoee, the average commute to work is 32.81 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The education level of Ocoee citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.91% of adults in Ocoee have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Ocoee in 2022 was $35,942, 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 $143,768 for a family of four. However, Ocoee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ocoee is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ocoee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ocoee residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ocoee also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 29.84% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ocoee include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Haitian.
In addition, Ocoee has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (22.89%).
The most common language spoken in Ocoee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.