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Tamarac, FL
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Tamarac profile


Living in Tamarac



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.

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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.75% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 percentage of people in Tamarac who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.44% of adults in Tamarac have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Tamarac in 2018 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.