DeFuniak Springs is a somewhat small coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 6,764 people and eight associated neighborhoods, DeFuniak Springs is the 268th largest community in Florida.DeFuniak Springs is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, DeFuniak Springs is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in DeFuniak Springs who work in sales jobs (15.75%), office and administrative support (12.65%), and maintenance occupations (9.09%). There are many members of the armed forces living in DeFuniak Springs. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform. Of important note, DeFuniak Springs is also a city of artists. DeFuniak Springs has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape DeFuniak Springs’s character. A relatively large number of people in DeFuniak Springs telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.80% 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. The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, DeFuniak Springs has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes DeFuniak Springs a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. DeFuniak Springs 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. DeFuniak Springs is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The percentage of adults in DeFuniak Springs with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.53% of adults in DeFuniak Springs have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in DeFuniak Springs in 2022 was $25,761, which is low income relative to Florida, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,044 for a family of four. However, DeFuniak Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. DeFuniak Springs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call DeFuniak Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of DeFuniak Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in DeFuniak Springs include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and Russian. The most common language spoken in DeFuniak Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
