Tavares is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 20,372 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 $54,271.00.

Being a small city, Tavares does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Tavares are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.06% of adults in Tavares having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Tavares in 2018 was $35,284, 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 $141,136 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 12.26% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tavares include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.

The most common language spoken in Tavares is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.