Tamarac is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 71,912 people and 17 associated neighborhoods, Tamarac is the 45th largest community in Florida.Tamarac is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Tamarac is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Tamarac who work in office and administrative support (17.61%), sales jobs (9.03%), and management occupations (8.92%). Also of interest is that Tamarac 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: 9.75% 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 Tamarac is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Tamarac, the average commute to work is 32.00 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The overall education level of Tamarac is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.44% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Tamarac in 2022 was $35,620, 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 $142,480 for a family of four. However, Tamarac contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tamarac is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tamarac 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 Tamarac, accounting for 34.29% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Tamarac residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Tamarac include Jamaican, Italian, Haitian, Irish, and German. Foreign born people are also an important part of Tamarac's cultural character, accounting for 37.11% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Tamarac is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
