Minneola vs Tavares

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

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

Tavares has the higher population (19,738 vs 15,371 in Minneola). Minneola has the higher median household income ($102,968 vs $57,644 in Tavares). Minneola has the higher median home value ($386,700 vs $225,500 in Tavares).

Population, income & housing

	Minneola	Tavares
Population	15,371	19,738
Median age	36.5 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$102,968	$57,644
Median home value	$386,700	$225,500
Median gross rent	$2,064	$1,409
Housing units	5,352	10,242
Homeownership rate	79.3%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minneola	Tavares
Population	11,559 → 15,371 (+33.0%)	16,752 → 19,738 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$61,549 → $102,968 (+67.3%)	$45,319 → $57,644 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$219,200 → $386,700 (+76.4%)	$144,900 → $225,500 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,480 → $2,064 (+39.5%)	$1,018 → $1,409 (+38.4%)

Minneola

Population

11,55915,371

Median household income

$61,549$102,968

Median home value

$219,200$386,700

Median gross rent

$1,480$2,064

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)

	Minneola	Tavares
Under 5	7.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	20.4%	10.9%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	21.7%	9.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	8.9%	11.3%
65 to 74	6.9%	18.1%
75 and over	2.2%	19.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minneola	Tavares
White (non-Hispanic)	49.7%	68.6%
Black or African American	7.6%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	31.6%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minneola	Tavares
No high school diploma	9.3%	12.0%
High school graduate	28.1%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minneola	Tavares
Drove alone	71.8%	82.1%
Carpooled	11.0%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	5.7%
Other means	0.2%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minneola	Tavares
1-unit, detached	92.7%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	2.9%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	28.9%

Poverty & households

	Minneola	Tavares
Poverty rate	5.1%	8.7%
Average household size	3.07	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	2007	1994