Charlotte County Has Moved Down in Ownership Residential Property by 4.0%, Since 2000

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Parent Category: Florida

Category: Charlotte County, FL

According to the 2010 Census, Charlotte County, Florida decreased in number of dwellings by 20,874, or 26%, (since the 2000 census), during the same time, the State of Florida increased in total real estate dwellings by 1,686,633, or 19%.

When Measured against the US, Charlotte County has a very high level of vacancy in residential real estate. 27,262, or 27.1%, of properties are currently vacant in Charlotte County, Florida. Within these 27,262 unoccupied units, 12.4% are the market to be sold, while 12.8% are reported as being listed for rented.

Between 2000 and 2010, owner-occupied housing units in Charlotte County have decreased by 4.0%. By 2010, there were 58,475 (79.7%) owner-occupied housing units, while there were 14,895 (20.3%) units were rented. Charlotte County has a smaller portion properties rented than the State of Florida, which the Census reported had 32.6% of residential units occupied by renters.

When compared to all counties across the US, Charlotte County has a medium level of homes that are owned by minorities. 8.2% of housing units are owned by minorities in Charlotte County; while in the United States 21.7% and in the State of Florida 27.0% of housing units are minority-owned.

Native Hawaiian is the group with the highest percent of rental in Charlotte County. 38.5% the Native Hawaiian Census group reportedly were renters in 2010.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Charlotte County, Florida, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 198 jobs from 2005 to 2010.

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Parent Category: Florida

Category: Charlotte County, FL

In Charlotte County, Florida, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 198 jobs from 2005 to 2010.

Out of the 145 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each year, 71 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 71 industries reported a drop in employment.

The general medical and surgical hospitals industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 2,388 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in general medical and surgical hospitals makes up 29.9% percent of the total number of new jobs in Charlotte County, Florida between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. General medical and surgical hospitals (+2388)
2. Other amusement and recreation industries (+984)
3. Fullservice restaurants (+908)
4. Offices of physicians (+395)
5. Drycleaning and laundry services (+236)

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the building foundation and exterior contractors industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 1,272 jobs. The declines in building foundation and exterior contractors make up 21.4% percent of the employment lost during the period in Charlotte County, Florida for the years between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (-1,272)
2. Residential building construction (-472)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (-460)
4. Building finishing contractors (-331)
5. Building equipment contractors (-303)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).