Tampa is a large coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 414,547 people and 190 associated neighborhoods, Tampa is the third largest community in Florida. Much of the housing stock in Tampa was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Tampa economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Tampa, where the median household income is $75,475.00.

Also of interest is that Tampa 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: 21.97% 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.

Tampa is one of the most attractive larger cities for people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. This makes it a good place to live for young singles in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting their professional careers. Although Tampa is a large city, this demographic is significant enough that young professionals will find many others like themselves here, with really good opportunities for friendships, recreation, romance, and more.

Tampa is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

The citizens of Tampa are among the most well-educated in the nation: 45.73% of adults in Tampa have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Tampa in 2022 was $52,528, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $210,112 for a family of four. However, Tampa contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Tampa is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tampa home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tampa residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tampa also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 26.21% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tampa include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Polish.

In addition, Tampa has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (19.40%).

The most common language spoken in Tampa is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.