Another notable thing is that Bokeelia is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Bokeelia’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.
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!) Bokeelia 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. Bokeelia has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bokeelia than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bokeelia may be for you.
One of the nice things about Bokeelia is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.
Bokeelia is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Bokeelia 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: 33.56% of adults in Bokeelia have a college degree.
The per capita income in Bokeelia in 2022 was $50,593, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $202,372 for a family of four. However, Bokeelia contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Bokeelia is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bokeelia home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bokeelia residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Bokeelia also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.11% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bokeelia include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and French.
In addition, Bokeelia has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.26%).
The most common language spoken in Bokeelia is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
