LIVING IN CLERMONT
Clermont is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 38,654 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Clermont is the 99th largest community in Florida. Clermont 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 Clermont, where the median household income is $58,804.00.
Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Clermont is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Clermont is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Clermont who work in office and administrative support (12.78%), sales jobs (11.38%), and management occupations (10.44%).
Also of interest is that Clermont 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: 7.45% 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.
In Clermont, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.69 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
In terms of college education, Clermont is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor’s degree or graduate degree: 32.42% of adults in Clermont have a college degree.
The per capita income in Clermont in 2018 was $29,246, 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 $116,984 for a family of four. However, Clermont contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Clermont is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Clermont home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clermont residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Clermont also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.14% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Clermont include Irish, English, German, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Clermont is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.