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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.92% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. In Davenport, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 40.19 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. 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. Davenport also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 18.81%. The most common language spoken in Davenport is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and French.
