West Park is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 15,014 people and three associated neighborhoods, West Park is the 172nd largest community in Florida.
A relatively large number of people in West Park telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.32% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 West Park, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.36 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
In West Park, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though West Park is a relatively small city. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.
In terms of college education, the citizens of West Park rank slightly lower than the national average. 15.34% of adults 25 and older in West Park have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in West Park in 2022 was $24,958, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,832 for a family of four. However, West Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
West Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Park residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. West Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 42.52% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West Park include Jamaican, Haitian, Italian, Bahamian, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.
In addition, West Park has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (40.85%).
The most common language spoken in West Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.