In Tamarac, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.00 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The percentage of people in Tamarac who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.44% of adults in Tamarac have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Tamarac in 2018 was $35,620, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,480 for a family of four. However, Tamarac contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Tamarac is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Tamarac home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Tamarac, accounting for 34.29% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Tamarac residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Tamarac include Jamaican, Italian, Haitian, Irish, and German.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Tamarac's cultural character, accounting for 37.11% of the city’s population.
The most common language spoken in Tamarac is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
