Mount Dora vs Tavares

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

Mount Dora 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 16,812 in Mount Dora). Mount Dora has the higher median household income ($69,931 vs $57,644 in Tavares). Mount Dora has the higher median home value ($316,100 vs $225,500 in Tavares).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Dora	Tavares
Population	16,812	19,738
Median age	48.8 yrs	54.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,931	$57,644
Median home value	$316,100	$225,500
Median gross rent	$1,500	$1,409
Housing units	8,121	10,242
Homeownership rate	62.7%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Dora	Tavares
Population	13,897 → 16,812 (+21.0%)	16,752 → 19,738 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$48,690 → $69,931 (+43.6%)	$45,319 → $57,644 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$244,100 → $316,100 (+29.5%)	$144,900 → $225,500 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,060 → $1,500 (+41.5%)	$1,018 → $1,409 (+38.4%)

Mount Dora

Population

13,89716,812

Median household income

$48,690$69,931

Median home value

$244,100$316,100

Median gross rent

$1,060$1,500

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)

	Mount Dora	Tavares
Under 5	3.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.1%	10.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	9.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	17.4%	18.1%
75 and over	15.8%	19.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Dora	Tavares
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	68.6%
Black or African American	13.2%	9.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.5%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Dora	Tavares
No high school diploma	6.8%	12.0%
High school graduate	27.5%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Dora	Tavares
Drove alone	67.0%	82.1%
Carpooled	11.8%	7.1%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	5.7%
Other means	3.1%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Dora	Tavares
1-unit, detached	61.7%	51.1%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	4.2%
20 or more units	7.7%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	28.9%

Poverty & households

	Mount Dora	Tavares
Poverty rate	15.7%	8.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1994	1994