St. Lucie County Has Moved Down in Ownership Residential Property by 3.6%, (2010 Census)

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Parent Category: Florida

Category: St. Lucie County, FL

Recently reported by the 2010 Census, St. Lucie County, Florida decreased in total real estate dwellings by 45,767, or 50%, since the 2000 Census. At the same time, the State of Florida increased in residential properties by 1,686,633, or 19%.

Put side by side with the United States, St. Lucie County has a very high level of vacancy in residential real estate. 28,506, or 20.8%, of residential units are vacant in St. Lucie County, Florida. Among these 28,506 vacant housing units, 13.8% are for sale on the real estate market, while 17.6% are properties that are available for rent.

Owner-occupied units from 2000 to 2010 in St. Lucie County have decreased by 3.6%. By 2010, there were 80,766 (74.4%) housing units occupied by owners, while 27,757 (25.6%) housing units were being rented. St. Lucie County has a smaller amount of residential units rented than the State of Florida, which the Census reported had 32.6% of residential properties rented.

Compared to counties across the US, St. Lucie County has a high level of housing units that are minority-owned. 24.1% of properties are owned by minorities in St. Lucie County; while in the United States 21.7% and in the State of Florida 27.0% of housing units are minority-owned.

Black is the group that rents the most often in St. Lucie County. 44.1% the Black Census group reportedly occupied a rental.

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 St. Lucie County, Florida, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 3,198 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Florida

Category: St. Lucie County, FL

In St. Lucie County, Florida, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 3,198 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Given the 163 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each year, 81 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 81 industries reported a drop in employment.

The general medical and surgical hospitals industry has grown the most with 1,982 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in general medical and surgical hospitals makes up 24.0% percent of the total number of new jobs in St. Lucie County, Florida between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. General medical and surgical hospitals (+1982)
2. Traveler accommodation (+643)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (+425)
4. Professional and similar organizations (+352)
5. Home health care services (+295)

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the business support services industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 1,663 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in business support services make up 15.2% percent of the jobs lost during the period in St. Lucie County, Florida between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Business support services (-1,663)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (-1,035)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (-674)
4. Depository credit intermediation (-648)
5. Building finishing contractors (-611)

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