Wildwood is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 17,731 people and five associated neighborhoods, Wildwood is the 169th largest community in Florida. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Wildwood, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Wildwood, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Wildwood’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Wildwood does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $68,121.00.Unlike some cities, Wildwood isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Wildwood are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Wildwood is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Wildwood who work in sales jobs (18.73%), food service (10.59%), and office and administrative support (10.39%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.62% 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. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Wildwood has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Wildwood has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Wildwood than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Wildwood may be for you. Being a small city, Wildwood does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The overall education level of Wildwood citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.94% of adults in Wildwood have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Wildwood in 2022 was $44,057, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $176,228 for a family of four. However, Wildwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Wildwood is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wildwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wildwood residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Wildwood include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Bahamian. The most common language spoken in Wildwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Chinese.
