Tavares is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 21,061 people and six associated neighborhoods, Tavares is the 150th largest community in Florida. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Tavares, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Tavares, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Tavares’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Tavares does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $57,644.00.
Also of interest is that Tavares has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Being a small city, Tavares does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Tavares overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Tavares, 24.80% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Tavares in 2022 was $37,707, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $150,828 for a family of four. However, Tavares contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Tavares is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tavares home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tavares residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tavares also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.89% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tavares include English, German, Irish, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Tavares is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.