Living in Wilton Manors

Wilton Manors is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 12,682 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Wilton Manors is the 187th largest community in Florida.

Wilton Manors home prices are not only among the most expensive in Florida, but Wilton Manors real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Wilton Manors is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.72% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Wilton Manors is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wilton Manors who work in sales jobs (16.29%), management occupations (11.90%), and office and administrative support (9.57%).

Also of interest is that Wilton Manors has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.03% 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.

In Wilton Manors, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Wilton Manors is a relatively small city. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Wilton Manors is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 42.35% of adults in Wilton Manors have at least a bachelor’s degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor’s degree or higher.

The per capita income in Wilton Manors in 2010 was $44,606, which is wealthy relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $178,424 for a family of four. However, Wilton Manors contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Wilton Manors is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wilton Manors home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wilton Manors residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wilton Manors also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.49% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wilton Manors include Irish, English, Haitian, and Italian.

In addition, Wilton Manors has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (19.82%).

The most common language spoken in Wilton Manors is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and French Creole.