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Hollywood, FL
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Hollywood profile


Living in Hollywood



Hollywood is a relatively large coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 152,650 people and 35 associated neighborhoods, Hollywood is the 12th largest community in Florida.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.81% 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.

Hollywood is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

In Hollywood, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.80 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

In terms of college education, Hollywood is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.69% of adults in Hollywood have a college degree.

The per capita income in Hollywood in 2018 was $36,814, 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 $147,256 for a family of four. However, Hollywood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Hollywood is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Hollywood 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 Hollywood, accounting for 41.10% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Hollywood residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hollywood include Italian, Haitian, Irish, German, and English.

In addition, Hollywood has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (38.03%).

The most common language spoken in Hollywood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.