Tarpon Springs is a medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 25,890 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Tarpon Springs is the 127th largest community in Florida.Tarpon Springs is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.44% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Tarpon Springs is a city of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Tarpon Springs who work in management occupations (18.65%), office and administrative support (12.50%), and sales jobs (10.81%). Also of interest is that Tarpon Springs 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: 17.17% 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. Tarpon Springs is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. In Tarpon Springs, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.79 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The education level of Tarpon Springs citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.03% of adults in Tarpon Springs have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Tarpon Springs in 2022 was $49,150, which is upper middle income relative to Florida, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $196,600 for a family of four. However, Tarpon Springs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Tarpon Springs is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tarpon Springs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tarpon Springs residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tarpon Springs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.58% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tarpon Springs include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Greek. The most common language spoken in Tarpon Springs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Greek.
