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Wesley Chapel, FL
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Wesley Chapel profile


Living in Wesley Chapel



Wesley Chapel is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 64,866 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Wesley Chapel is the 48th largest community in Florida. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Wesley Chapel, 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 Wesley Chapel, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Wesley Chapel’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Wesley Chapel does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $100,983.00.

Also of interest is that Wesley Chapel has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 23.28% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Because of many things, Wesley Chapel is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Wesley Chapel really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Wesley Chapel perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Wesley Chapel, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.31 minutes every day commuting to work.

The education level of Wesley Chapel ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Wesley Chapel, 45.96% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Wesley Chapel in 2018 was $42,975, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $171,900 for a family of four. However, Wesley Chapel contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Wesley Chapel is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wesley Chapel home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wesley Chapel residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wesley Chapel also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.20% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wesley Chapel include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish.

Wesley Chapel also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.73%.

The most common language spoken in Wesley Chapel is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.