Davenport is a very small city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 1,913 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Davenport is the 417th largest community in Florida.

Unlike some cities, Davenport isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Davenport are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Davenport is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Davenport who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.79%), food service (10.92%), and sales jobs (10.08%).

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.

A very large number of seniors call Davenport home: people 65 and over are 35.91% of the population. Because of the prominence of the retirement community, this is good place for the over-65 crowd to settle, as many of the city's services and social community are geared to this demographic.

Davenport is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Davenport, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.41% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Davenport is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Davenport Information and Demographics

In Davenport, just 10.95% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Davenport in 2000 was $15,544, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $62,176 for a family of four.

The people who call Davenport home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Davenport is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Davenport include English, German, Irish, Scotch-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Davenport is English. Some people also speak Spanish.