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 (17.61%), sales jobs (9.03%), and management occupations (8.92%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Tamarac telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.75% 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. One downside of living in Tamarac, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.00 minutes every day commuting to work. 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 2022 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. In addition, Tamarac has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (37.11%). The most common language spoken in Tamarac is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
