Apopka is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 59,113 people and 19 associated neighborhoods, Apopka is the 63rd largest community in Florida. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Apopka, 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 Apopka, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Apopka’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Apopka does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $95,703.00.Apopka is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Apopka is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Apopka who work in office and administrative support (14.12%), management occupations (12.27%), and sales jobs (11.15%). Also of interest is that Apopka 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: 19.18% 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 Apopka is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Apopka, the average commute to work is 33.03 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The education level of Apopka citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.72% of adults in Apopka have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Apopka in 2022 was $38,926, 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 $155,704 for a family of four. However, Apopka contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Apopka is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Apopka home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Apopka residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Apopka also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.15% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Apopka include English, German, Irish, Jamaican, and Italian. Foreign born people are also an important part of Apopka's cultural character, accounting for 20.37% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Apopka is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
