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De Leon Springs, FL

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Overview


De Leon Springs is a very small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 2,619 people and just one neighborhood, De Leon Springs is the 355th largest community in Florida.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, De Leon Springs is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 43.53% of the De Leon Springs workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, De Leon Springs is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in De Leon Springs who work in sales jobs (12.26%), food service (11.34%), and maintenance occupations (10.54%).

A relatively large number of people in De Leon Springs telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.39% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

One downside of living in De Leon Springs is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In De Leon Springs, the average commute to work is 34.09 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, De Leon Springs doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

In De Leon Springs, just 11.87% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.

The per capita income in De Leon Springs in 2018 was $20,327, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $81,308 for a family of four. However, De Leon Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

De Leon Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call De Leon Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in De Leon Springs, accounting for 65.10% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of De Leon Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in De Leon Springs include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in De Leon Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.3% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

Real Estate

The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.1% of all neighborhoods in America, with 32.9% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Brazilian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 0.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Brazilian ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in De Leon Springs are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 7.2% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 58.1% of America's neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 31.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.5%), and 8.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 64.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (35.1%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in De Leon Springs, FL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (39.6%). There are also a number of people of German ancestry (7.1%), and residents who report English roots (6.0%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.8%), along with some Puerto Rican ancestry residents (2.8%), among others. In addition, 13.0% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 45 minutes and one hour commuting one-way to work (36.7% of working residents), longer and tougher than most commutes in America.

Here most residents (69.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (12.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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