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.Davenport is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Davenport is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Davenport who work in office and administrative support (15.98%), sales jobs (11.38%), and maintenance occupations (6.89%). 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. A relatively large number of people in Davenport telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.92% 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 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. Davenport is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Davenport citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.72% of adults 25 and older in Davenport have a college 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.
