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Stuart, FL
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Living in Stuart



Stuart is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 18,253 people and 20 associated neighborhoods, Stuart is the 156th largest community in Florida.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.66% 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.

Stuart 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.

Being a small city, Stuart does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Stuart citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.12% of adults in Stuart have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Stuart in 2018 was $41,029, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $164,116 for a family of four. However, Stuart contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Stuart is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Stuart home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stuart residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Stuart also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.18% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Stuart include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

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