Florida / Lake County / Tavares

LocalFlare

Tavares

City, Lake County. Population 21,869 (2025), +1.6% on the prior year, +15.1% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

PDF report Excel JSON

Tavares

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 12.34 square miles of land.

Population

2025
BEBR, April 1, 202521,869BusinessFlare® estimate, April 1, 202622,368Population, April 1, 1979 to 2025197921.9k high2025

BEBR's April 1, 2025 figure carried to April 1, 2026 at Lake County's growth rate of 2.28% a year, the annual rate in EDR's Demographic Estimating Conference county estimate for 2025 and medium projection for 2030, with the county's net new residents shared out to its places by their share of the county's 2025 population because the two rolls code different census vintages (2010 and 2020).

Change since the prior year+1.6%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+15.1%2020 to 2025
Census 202019,0032020

University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Florida Estimates of Population, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Demographic Estimating Conference: Projections of Florida Population by County, with Estimates for the base year, retrieved 2026-10-04 | Population estimates

More
Basis of the latest figureestimate2025

Population by year

April 1 of each year. Basis is census in a census year, otherwise BEBR's estimate.

YearPopulationBasisChange
202521,869estimate+1.6%
202421,530estimate+2.5%
202321,003estimate+3.5%
202220,296estimate+3.6%
202119,600estimate+3.1%
202019,003census+6.9%
201917,777estimate+2.4%
201817,353estimate+6.3%
201716,317estimate+2.0%
201615,996estimate+5.9%
201515,106estimate+3.6%
201414,582estimate+2.3%
201314,260estimate+1.5%
201214,054estimate+0.3%
201114,015estimate+0.5%
201013,951census+4.7%
200913,329estimate-0.1%
200813,344estimate+2.5%
200713,013estimate+3.7%
200612,552estimate+10.7%
200511,340estimate+3.7%
200410,938estimate+2.2%
200310,699estimate+3.9%
200210,301estimate+3.5%
20019,957estimate+2.6%
20009,700census+12.2%
19998,646estimate+2.5%
19988,438estimate+1.3%
19978,331estimate+1.2%
19968,233estimate+1.9%
19958,078estimate+2.1%
19947,910estimate+1.9%
19937,766estimate+1.1%
19927,679estimate+2.4%
19917,498estimaten/a
19897,403estimate+1.2%
19887,318estimate+2.5%
19877,137estimate+14.0%
19866,263estimate+6.2%
19855,895estimate+5.3%
19845,597estimate+5.3%
19835,313estimate+1.4%
19825,239estimate+14.8%
19814,565estimaten/a
19794,453estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Lake County)4.9%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201618.5% highAug 2026
Labor force (Lake County)198,233Aug 2026
Employment (Lake County)188,443Aug 2026
Unemployed (Lake County)9,790Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.5%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.5%Aug 2026

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Labor force page

More
Latest month is preliminaryyesAug 2026

Monthly, last three years

Not seasonally adjusted. The latest month may be preliminary.

MonthLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
Aug 2026198,233188,4439,7904.9%
Jul 2026197,901187,9479,9545.0%
Jun 2026199,639189,8249,8154.9%
May 2026198,438188,9769,4624.8%
Apr 2026198,186188,4779,7094.9%
Mar 2026197,451187,9649,4874.8%
Feb 2026197,489187,05210,4375.3%
Jan 2026196,219185,61210,6075.4%
Dec 2025196,451186,9949,4574.8%
Nov 2025197,545187,05410,4915.3%
Sep 2025198,353189,4258,9284.5%
Aug 2025197,317188,4058,9124.5%
Jul 2025197,253188,6798,5744.3%
Jun 2025197,113188,9398,1744.1%
May 2025195,920188,5177,4033.8%
Apr 2025196,123189,0987,0253.6%
Mar 2025195,692188,5457,1473.7%
Feb 2025195,167187,8037,3643.8%
Jan 2025195,823188,2397,5843.9%
Dec 2024194,994188,5026,4923.3%
Nov 2024195,731188,4177,3143.7%
Oct 2024197,267190,0247,2433.7%
Sep 2024198,179190,8767,3033.7%
Aug 2024197,702189,9157,7873.9%
Jul 2024198,192190,3707,8223.9%
Jun 2024197,566190,2947,2723.7%
May 2024196,199189,9276,2723.2%
Apr 2024196,153190,2285,9253.0%
Mar 2024196,130189,8546,2763.2%
Feb 2024195,181188,7036,4783.3%
Jan 2024194,700187,9746,7263.5%
Dec 2023191,220185,3895,8313.0%
Nov 2023192,827186,5536,2743.3%
Oct 2023194,086187,6286,4583.3%
Sep 2023194,469187,9896,4803.3%
Aug 2023193,869187,1706,6993.5%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025196,614188,3368,2784.2%
2024196,499189,5906,9093.5%
2023191,838185,9775,8613.1%
2022183,700178,1335,5673.0%
2021170,456162,6487,8084.6%
2020163,814149,47114,3438.8%
2019168,754163,3925,3623.2%
2018162,203156,4625,7413.5%
2017156,505150,0256,4804.1%
2016151,720144,4587,2624.8%
2015140,647132,8177,8305.6%
2014137,555128,4079,1486.7%
2013134,677124,25310,4247.7%
2012132,998120,84112,1579.1%
2011133,417119,07314,34410.8%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$308.0M

Monthly series, visitor, resident and big ticket groups, chart and workbook with the pass. Get the pass / Sign in

Pass holders: Get the pass / Sign in opens the pass page and brings you straight back here signed in; the monthly estimate then loads in this card.

Economic Census geographic area series, retail trade and accommodation and food services, 2017 and 2022, retrieved 2026-10-01; BusinessFlare® city-level sales and visitor spending estimate (method and error; the figures are Street Economics Pass data), retrieved 2026-10-04 | How the estimate is made

More

BusinessFlare® estimate from public sources. The estimate anchors on the sales the US Census Bureau published for this place in the 2017 and 2022 Economic Census, for retail trade and for accommodation and food services, and moves them month by month with the county's sales tax returns by kind of business (Florida Department of Revenue Form 10). After the 2022 anchor the place's share of the county moves with the growth of its commercial property on the Department's 2026 tax roll, as submitted by the county property appraiser, by use code: stores, shopping centers, supermarkets and auto dealers for retail; restaurants, bars and hotels for accommodation and food. The three spending groups follow the county's kind code mix within each sector. Every place with both anchors was carried from 2017 to 2022 the same way and the landing on the 2022 Census figure is the published error.

A landing error over 25% carries a wide error flag. The error is published with every figure; an estimate is never shown without it. Rounded to the nearest hundred thousand dollars; the monthly series is pass data.

Statewide median error, 2017 to 2022 back-test15.7%2017 to 2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2017$166M2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$238M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error7.0%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$23.6M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$43.1M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error21.1%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$166M$238M$255M7.0%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$23.6M$43.1M$34M21.1%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses140New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20162 highAug 2026
Food service licenses52Aug 2026
Lodging licenses32Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses56Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months4Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)468Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+2.0%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month20Sep 2026

County Business Patterns and ZIP Code Business Patterns, complete data files, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) bulk corporate data files, new entity filings by month, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Licenses Business formations

Licenses are placed inside the city limits by their geocoded address.

Business formations are by postal city: Tavares, which is not the city limits.

Establishments, employment and payroll are a ZIP code basis: ZIP codes 32778.

More
Establishments (ZIP basis)6182023
Employees, mid March (ZIP basis)8,0062023
Annual payroll (ZIP basis)$432M2023

Licenses by type

Counted licenses in DBPR's food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage files, placed by geocoded address.

License typeFileActive
2010-SEATfood47
2APSalcohol22
2003-NAPTlodging17
4COP-SFSalcohol13
2COPalcohol12
2001-HOTLlodging5
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging5
2014-MFDVfood4
4COPalcohol3
2002-MOTLlodging3
3PSalcohol2
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging2
11Calcohol1
13CTalcohol1
4COP-SBXalcohol1
4COP-SPXalcohol1
2010-NOSTfood1

Filings by entity type, last 12 months

Sunbiz new entity filings by the ZIP code of the principal address, grouped to the USPS postal city (postal city: Tavares)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies422406
Florida profit corporations3032
Florida non-profit corporations1516
Out of state entities registering in Florida15
Partnerships, trusts and other filings00

ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023

ZIP codes 32778: the ZIP codes whose Census internal point falls inside the city limits. A ZIP code crosses the limits, so this is a ZIP basis, not the city.

ZIP codeEstablishmentsEmployeesAnnual payroll
327786188,006$432M

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months217Housing units permitted by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 2016253 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before-22.8%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$65.8MAug 2026
Units, latest month20Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months217Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table2362025

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place and county residential permits, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Building permits

More

Monthly, last three years

Residential permits as the Bureau publishes them; imputed months are the Bureau's imputations.

MonthUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
Aug 202620200$6.01M
Jul 202621210$6.31M
Jun 202621210$6.31M
May 202619190$5.71M
Apr 202621210$6.31M
Mar 202619190$5.81M
Feb 202618180$5.5M
Jan 202616160$4.89M
Dec 202514140$4.28M
Nov 202513130$3.98M
Oct 202519190$5.81M
Sep 202516160$4.89M
Aug 202518180$5.5M
Jul 202518180$5.5M
Jun 202520200$6.12M
May 202519190$5.81M
Apr 202521210$6.42M
Mar 202526260$7.53M
Feb 202526260$7.53M
Jan 202526260$7.53M
Dec 202426260$7.53M
Nov 202424240$6.95M
Oct 202430300$8.68M
Sep 202427270$7.82M
Aug 202431310$8.97M
Jul 202431310$8.97M
Jun 2024550$1.76M
May 202420200$7.99M
Apr 202427270$8.13M
Mar 2024880$3.3M
Feb 2024550$1.78M
Jan 2024660$1.53M
Dec 202331310$7.11M
Nov 202333330$14.5M
Oct 202333330$9.33M
Sep 202316160$4.86M

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
20252362360$70.9M
20242402400$73.4M
20233443440$99.6M
20223033030$74.1M
20212312310$57.2M
2020333109224$44.2M
201940400$9.24M
201854540$14.2M
201726325112$57.5M
2016381141240$49.1M
20151911910$44.3M
20141911910$42.2M
20131801800$33M
201262600$15M
201130246$5.41M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$2.56B
Total taxable value (non school)$1.54B2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$1.71B2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+8.1%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+11.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$2.37B2025 final roll
New construction value$38.2M2026 preliminary
Parcels8,8512026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll (name, address, legal), 2026 preliminary and final as posted, retrieved 2026-10-04

Parcels are placed by Census block group through the Census Bureau's block assignment file; a parcel in a block group that straddles the limits is apportioned. Census 2020 block groups; 57% of the county's just value lies in a place. Medians are over the parcels whose block group lies mostly in the place. Qualified sales: the roll's own sale fields, qualification codes 01 and 02, improved, single parcel.

More
Median single family just value$267K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months281Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$255KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$1.79B2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$242M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$86.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$29.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$60.3M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$32.6M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$306M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$8.66M2026 preliminary

Just value by use group

Department of Revenue land use codes grouped: residential 001 to 009, commercial 011 to 039, industrial 041 to 049, agricultural 050 to 069, vacant 000, 010, 040 and 070, institutional 071 to 079, government 080 to 089, other 090 to 099. Taxable is the non school taxable value. Just value change compares with the 2025 final roll, summed the same way.

Use groupParcelsJust valueTaxable (non school)New constructionResidential unitsJust value change
Residential7,163$1.79B$1.15B$34.6M7,703+9.3%
Commercial296$242M$239M$2.92Mn/a-0.4%
Industrial395$86.2M$81M$322Kn/a+48.0%
Agricultural60$29.6M$3.86M$19.3Kn/a-8.4%
Vacant696$60.3M$48.3M$36.7Kn/a+11.4%
Institutional37$32.6M$13.2M$44.1Kn/a-1.9%
Government160$306M$4.52M$271Kn/a+2.7%
Other42$8.66M$6.78M$0n/a+5.7%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units10,233Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199081.0% high2024
Occupied units9,1542020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units1,0792020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households7,0302020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households2,1242020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate76.8%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)30.0%2025
Cost burdened renter households51.3%2025

Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Housing data

More
Severely cost burdened renters (over 50%)20.4%2025
Assisted housing developments6Assisted Housing Inventory
Assisted units334Assisted Housing Inventory
Median gross rent$1.5K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$331K2024

Cost burden by income, 2025

Households by the share of income spent on housing, Shimberg Center estimates for 2025.

TenureIncome (share of area median)30% or less30.1 to 50%Over 50%
All households30% AMI or less332126693
All households30.01-50% AMI754453334
All households50.01-80% AMI1,30763569
All households80.01-120% AMI8642400
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI3,25922118
Renters30% AMI or less7035245
Renters30.01-50% AMI76186222
Renters50.01-80% AMI15830953
Renters80.01-120% AMI3561400
RentersGreater than 120% AMI62514618
Owners30% AMI or less26291448
Owners30.01-50% AMI678267112
Owners50.01-80% AMI1,14932616
Owners80.01-120% AMI5081000
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI2,634750

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$72K84
1997$72.5K99
1998$78.5K115
1999$82.5K151
2000$86.7K165
2001$92.6K177
2002$89K234
2003$113K233
2004$134K329
2005$186K515
2006$222K392
2007$206K233
2008$164K191
2009$140K87
2010$131K100
2011$135K106
2012$115K128
2013$135K173
2014$144K177
2015$150K254

Assisted housing developments

Shimberg Center Assisted Housing Inventory.

DevelopmentAddressCityUnitsAssisted
Lake Point Senior1821 Dora AvenueTavares160160
Sierra Village Apts51 SIERRA DRTavares5050
Caroline Court Apartments1000 E Caroline StTavares4040
Lakebreeze1575 Merry Rd.Tavares3636
Colonial Pines895 Mansfield RoadTavares3030
Colony West750 West Main StreetTavares1818

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$120KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$140K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$1.41MFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$1.41MSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-6.0%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$76.4KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$930KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$930KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+1.9%Sep 2026

Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Expenditures and Revenues Reported by Florida's County and Municipal Governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Revenue, Revenue Confirmation Online, distributions to local governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Financial Services, LOGERx local government Annual Financial Report data, long-term debt outstanding, retrieved 2026-10-04 | Distributions Annual financial report

More
Total revenues$75.8MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+3.6%FY2024
Total expenditures$70.1MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+7.2%FY2024
Revenues per resident$3.52KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$50.1MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-8.0%FY2025

Half-cent sales tax, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$120K
Aug 2026$114K
Jul 2026$118K
Jun 2026$122K
May 2026$130K
Apr 2026$110K
Mar 2026$115K
Feb 2026$127K
Jan 2026$111K
Dec 2025$116K
Nov 2025$113K
Oct 2025$112K
Sep 2025$129K
Aug 2025$123K
Jul 2025$127K
Jun 2025$134K
May 2025$140K
Apr 2025$128K
Mar 2025$116K
Feb 2025$132K
Jan 2025$126K
Dec 2024$118K
Nov 2024$110K
Oct 2024$115K
Sep 2024$113K
Aug 2024$117K
Jul 2024$121K
Jun 2024$127K
May 2024$137K
Apr 2024$124K
Mar 2024$120K
Feb 2024$138K
Jan 2024$119K
Dec 2023$123K
Nov 2023$126K
Oct 2023$115K

State revenue sharing, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$76.4K
Aug 2026$76.4K
Jul 2026$76.4K
Jun 2026$76K
May 2026$76K
Apr 2026$76K
Mar 2026$76K
Feb 2026$76K
Jan 2026$76K
Dec 2025$81.7K
Nov 2025$81.7K
Oct 2025$81.7K
Sep 2025$84.2K
Aug 2025$84.2K
Jul 2025$84.2K
Jun 2025$71.5K
May 2025$71.5K
Apr 2025$71.5K
Mar 2025$71.5K
Feb 2025$71.5K
Jan 2025$71.5K
Dec 2024$71.5K
Nov 2024$79.5K
Oct 2024$79.5K
Sep 2024$79.5K
Aug 2024$79.5K
Jul 2024$79.5K
Jun 2024$77.7K
May 2024$77.7K
Apr 2024$77.7K
Mar 2024$77.7K
Feb 2024$77.7K
Jan 2024$77.7K
Dec 2023$77.7K
Nov 2023$77.7K
Oct 2023$77.7K

Long-term debt by fiscal year

Total long-term debt outstanding at fiscal year end, all funds, as the government reported it to the Department of Financial Services in its Annual Financial Report.

Fiscal yearDebt outstandingChange
FY2025$50.1M-8.0%
FY2024$54.4M-8.3%
FY2023$59.3M-4.8%
FY2022$62.3M+4.1%
FY2021$59.8M+2.7%
FY2020$58.2M-1.1%
FY2019$58.9M-4.5%
FY2018$61.7M+9.7%
FY2017$56.2M-2.8%
FY2016$57.8M+24.1%
FY2015$46.6M+3.4%
FY2014$45.1M+22.7%
FY2013$36.7Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$15.9M$12.3M+29.0%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$6.55M$7.85M-16.6%
Intergovernmental Revenues$15.9M$20M-20.5%
Charges for Services$20.4M$19.8M+3.4%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$51.3K$38.6K+33.0%
Miscellaneous Revenues$8.64M$4.21M+104.9%
Other Sources$8.38M$9.02M-7.1%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Permits and Franchise Feesn/an/an/a

Expenditures by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Services (Not Court-Related)$9.3M$8.68M+7.2%
Public Safety$15.8M$13.9M+13.5%
Physical Environment$33.6M$25.9M+29.9%
Transportation$5.64M$5.89M-4.3%
Economic Environment$1.05M$944K+11.8%
Culture / Recreation$4.66M$10.1M-53.7%
Other Uses and Non-Operatingn/an/an/a
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$396MDeposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$396M high2026
Change on a year earlier+2.9%June 30, 2026
Change, real-0.3%June 30, 2026
Branches4June 30, 2026
Institutions4June 30, 2026
Branches opened since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026
Branches closed since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026

FDIC Summary of Deposits, Florida offices, every June 30 since 1994, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Bank deposits

Offices whose reported city is Tavares.

More

Offices, June 30, 2026

Deposits as each office reports them to the FDIC; the city is the one the bank reports, not a municipal boundary.

InstitutionBranchAddressCityDeposits
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationNorth Tavares Branch350 E Burleigh BlvdTavares$143M
SouthState Bank, National AssociationReunion Bank Of Florida Branch1892 E Burleigh BlvdTavares$95.3M
United Community BankTavares Branch115 E Burleigh BlvdTavares$93.1M
United Southern BankTavares Branch1303 N New Hampshire AveTavares$65M

Sources on this page

Cards not shown

Every figure on this page is read from the place file below, which carries each figure with its value, period, source, source URL and retrieval date.

Downloads

PDF report Excel workbook JSON

The PDF carries the same figures and source lines as this page. The workbook has one sheet per card. The JSON is the place file every page, export and feed reads, at a stable public path: /data/localflare/places/1271225.json. The index of every place is at /data/localflare/index.json.