Frostproof is a very small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 3,059 people and five associated neighborhoods, Frostproof is the 348th largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Frostproof is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Frostproof is a city of service providers, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Frostproof who work in office and administrative support (17.15%), food service (15.90%), and management occupations (12.87%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.54% 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. 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, Frostproof has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Frostproof a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. Frostproof is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The rate of college-level education in Frostproof is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 11.70% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Frostproof in 2022 was $22,995, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $91,980 for a family of four. However, Frostproof contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Frostproof is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Frostproof home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Frostproof residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Frostproof also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.05% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Frostproof include English, Scottish, Irish, German, and Jamaican. The most common language spoken in Frostproof is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
