Davenport is a somewhat small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 13,485 people and 11 associated neighborhoods, Davenport is the 222nd largest community in Florida. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Davenport, 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 Davenport, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Davenport’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Davenport does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $64,428.00.
Also of interest is that Davenport 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: 10.92% 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 Davenport, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 40.19 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small city, Davenport does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Davenport is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.72% of adults 25 and older in Davenport have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Davenport in 2022 was $25,066, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $100,264 for a family of four. However, Davenport contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Davenport is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Davenport 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 Davenport, accounting for 54.64% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Davenport residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Davenport include Haitian, German, Italian, Irish, and Polish.
In addition, Davenport has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.81%).
The most common language spoken in Davenport is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and French.