Tavares is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 22,007 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 $58,886.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Tavares is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Tavares is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Tavares who work in office and administrative support (11.63%), healthcare (11.15%), and sales jobs (7.77%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Tavares telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.78% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. The overall crime rate in Tavares is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. Tavares 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 overall education level of Tavares is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 25.86% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Tavares in 2022 was $38,491, 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 $153,964 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 16.19% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tavares include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Tavares is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
