Ocoee is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 49,261 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Ocoee is the 72nd largest community in Florida. Ocoee has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Ocoee, where the median household income is $93,292.00.Ocoee is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Ocoee is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ocoee who work in management occupations (11.04%), office and administrative support (10.75%), and sales jobs (9.75%). Also of interest is that Ocoee 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: 13.84% 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. One downside of living in Ocoee, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.92 minutes every day commuting to work. The education level of Ocoee citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.52% of adults in Ocoee have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Ocoee in 2022 was $38,354, 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 $153,416 for a family of four. However, Ocoee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Ocoee is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ocoee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ocoee residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Ocoee also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.95% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ocoee include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Haitian. Foreign born people are also an important part of Ocoee's cultural character, accounting for 22.57% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Ocoee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
