Clermont is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 46,506 people and 16 associated neighborhoods, Clermont is the 81st largest community in Florida. Much of the housing stock in Clermont was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Clermont economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Clermont, where the median household income is $75,951.00.Unlike some cities, Clermont isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Clermont are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Clermont is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clermont who work in office and administrative support (12.67%), management occupations (12.66%), and sales jobs (11.22%). Of important note, Clermont is also a city of artists. Clermont has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Clermont’s character. Also of interest is that Clermont 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: 16.54% 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. In Clermont, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.43 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Clermont is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.The overall education level of Clermont citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.74% of adults in Clermont have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Clermont in 2022 was $35,217, 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 $140,868 for a family of four. However, Clermont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Clermont is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Clermont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clermont residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Clermont also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.84% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Clermont include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Guyanese. In addition, Clermont has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.84%). The most common language spoken in Clermont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
