Hernando is a somewhat small town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 9,284 people and five associated neighborhoods, Hernando is the 217th largest community in Florida.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Hernando is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hernando is a town of sales and office workers, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hernando who work in office and administrative support (11.46%), management occupations (10.00%), and sales jobs (7.30%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.80% 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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Hernando has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Hernando has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hernando than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hernando may be for you. One downside of living in Hernando is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Hernando, the average commute to work is 33.02 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small town, Hernando does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, the citizens of Hernando rank slightly lower than the national average. 14.20% of adults 25 and older in Hernando have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community. The per capita income in Hernando in 2022 was $27,694, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $110,776 for a family of four. However, Hernando contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Hernando home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hernando residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hernando include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Hernando is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Russian.
