Tamarac is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 72,372 people and 17 associated neighborhoods, Tamarac is the 45th largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Tamarac is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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 (15.70%), sales jobs (9.77%), and management occupations (9.70%). 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: 11.26% 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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.82 minutes every day commuting to work. In terms of college education, Tamarac is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.97% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Tamarac in 2022 was $35,666, which is middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $142,664 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. The greatest number of Tamarac residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Tamarac also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 31.51% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tamarac include Jamaican, Italian, Haitian, Irish, and English. Tamarac also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 37.94%. The most common language spoken in Tamarac is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
