Davenport is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 15,068 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Davenport is the 222nd largest community in Florida. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Davenport, 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 Davenport, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Davenport’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Davenport does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $65,157.00.
Also of interest is that Davenport has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.87% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
One downside of living in Davenport, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 40.77 minutes every day commuting to work.
Davenport 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 citizens of Davenport are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.40% of adults in Davenport having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Davenport in 2022 was $25,523, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $102,092 for a family of four. However, Davenport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Davenport is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Davenport home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Davenport, accounting for 52.00% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Davenport residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Davenport include Haitian, Irish, German, Italian, and English.
Davenport also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 18.05%.
The most common language spoken in Davenport is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and French.