Wesley Chapel is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 64,866 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Wesley Chapel is the 48th largest community in Florida. Wesley Chapel 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 Wesley Chapel, where the median household income is $100,983.00.
Also of interest is that Wesley Chapel 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 Wesley Chapel telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 23.28% 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.
Because of many things, Wesley Chapel is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Wesley Chapel really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Wesley Chapel perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
In Wesley Chapel, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.31 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The education level of Wesley Chapel ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Wesley Chapel, 45.96% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Wesley Chapel in 2022 was $42,975, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $171,900 for a family of four. However, Wesley Chapel contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Wesley Chapel is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Wesley Chapel home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wesley Chapel residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wesley Chapel also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.20% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wesley Chapel include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish.
In addition, Wesley Chapel has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.73%).
The most common language spoken in Wesley Chapel is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.