Fellsmere is a very small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 4,982 people and two associated neighborhoods, Fellsmere is the 290th largest community in Florida.Fellsmere is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fellsmere is a city of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fellsmere who work in maintenance occupations (20.50%), office and administrative support (11.51%), and farm management occupations (8.68%). Another important characteristic of Fellsmere is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.12% 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. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Fellsmere has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Fellsmere a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Fellsmere is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Fellsmere, the average commute to work is 35.16 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The percentage of adults in Fellsmere with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 13.61% of adults in Fellsmere have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Fellsmere in 2022 was $16,895, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $67,580 for a family of four. However, Fellsmere contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fellsmere is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fellsmere 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 Fellsmere, accounting for 72.30% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Fellsmere residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Fellsmere include Italian, German, English, Irish, and Scottish. Fellsmere also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 31.65%. The most common language spoken in Fellsmere is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Italian.
