One downside of living in Tamarac is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Tamarac, the average commute to work is 30.68 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
In terms of college education, Tamarac is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.97% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor’s degree.
The per capita income in Tamarac in 2010 was $25,673, which is middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $102,692 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. The greatest number of Tamarac residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Tamarac also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.53% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Tamarac include Jamaican, Italian, Haitian, Irish, and German.
Tamarac also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 36.19%.
The most common language spoken in Tamarac is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
