Groveland vs Tavares

A side-by-side comparison of Groveland and Tavares: population, income, housing, and more.

Groveland and Tavares are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Groveland has the higher population (20,621 vs 19,738 in Tavares). Groveland has the higher median household income ($92,258 vs $57,644 in Tavares). Groveland has the higher median home value ($344,000 vs $225,500 in Tavares).

Population, income & housing

	Groveland	Tavares
Population	20,621	19,738
Median age	39.9 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,258	$57,644
Median home value	$344,000	$225,500
Median gross rent	$1,579	$1,409
Housing units	7,748	10,242
Homeownership rate	87.5%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Groveland	Tavares
Population	13,672 → 20,621 (+50.8%)	16,752 → 19,738 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$62,384 → $92,258 (+47.9%)	$45,319 → $57,644 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$199,100 → $344,000 (+72.8%)	$144,900 → $225,500 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,387 → $1,579 (+13.8%)	$1,018 → $1,409 (+38.4%)

Groveland

Population

13,67220,621

Median household income

$62,384$92,258

Median home value

$199,100$344,000

Median gross rent

$1,387$1,579

Tavares

Population

16,75219,738

Median household income

$45,319$57,644

Median home value

$144,900$225,500

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Groveland	Tavares
Under 5	8.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	10.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	16.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	9.9%
55 to 64	9.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	18.1%
75 and over	6.5%	19.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Groveland	Tavares
White (non-Hispanic)	45.2%	68.6%
Black or African American	16.3%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	2.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	29.7%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Groveland	Tavares
No high school diploma	11.5%	12.0%
High school graduate	25.8%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Groveland	Tavares
Drove alone	77.5%	82.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	7.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	5.7%
Other means	0.3%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Groveland	Tavares
1-unit, detached	88.4%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.1%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	28.9%

Poverty & households

	Groveland	Tavares
Poverty rate	4.7%	8.7%
Average household size	2.82	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	34	26
Median year structure built	2010	1994