Poinciana, FL
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Poinciana is a census-designated place (CDP) in Osceola and Polk counties in the U.S. state of Florida. It lies southwest of Kissimmee and about 14 miles east of Haines City. It is the largest unincorporated master-planned community in the United States. The population was 13,647 (Osceola County section) with approximately 5,000 residents in Polk County at the 2000 census.
Located on approximately 47,000 acres (190 km²), Poinciana is a deed-restricted community, which means that it is governed by a homeowners’ association (HOA). The HOA is the Association of Poinciana Villages (APV). In 2007, the APV HOA fee stood at $240 per year, which the APV allows to be paid on a monthly basis. Other local fees may apply to communities within Poinciana, such as CDD’s fees for residents of a community named Solivita.
Did you know that the Poinciana neighborhood has more Puerto Rican and Haitian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It’s true! In fact, 37.6% of this neighborhood’s residents have Puerto Rican ancestry and 17.1% have Haitian ancestry.
Poinciana is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 20.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak French at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood’s residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people – particularly children – who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the Poinciana neighborhood in Kissimmee are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. Neighborhood Scout’s research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 18.4% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.4% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying “you are what you eat” is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the Poinciana neighborhood, 36.7% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 32.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (17.6%), and 13.1% in executive, management, and professional occupations.
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