Holiday is a medium-sized coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 24,939 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Holiday is the 129th largest community in Florida.
Also of interest is that Holiday has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Holiday telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 15.88% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
Holiday is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.
In Holiday, just 12.92% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Holiday in 2022 was $27,475, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $109,900 for a family of four. However, Holiday contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Holiday is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Holiday home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Holiday residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Holiday also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.95% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Holiday include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Greek.
The most common language spoken in Holiday is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.