Photo: Tamarac · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Tamarac works elsewhere
Employers in Tamarac report 15,330 jobs for 31,293 working residents. Jobs and income earn Tamarac B−; getting around on foot earns it A−. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Tamarac
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Tamarac
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tamarac is better than 48% of U.S. towns, #363 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Tamarac’s grade up (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($61,718, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tamarac could be anywhere from C+ to B.
14% of working residents work in Fort Lauderdale
Where Tamarac clocks in
14% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Who works in Tamarac, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 29,916 residents head out to work, 1,377 work right here, and 13,953 people come in from elsewhere.
About 58,000 people are in Tamarac on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Tamarac’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tamarac, 2013 → 2023: 15,256 → 15,330. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tamarac’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way for Tamarac’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tamarac workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 31,459 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Tamarac’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Tamarac is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tamarac is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #203 of 638 in Florida. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 35,689 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 92% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 7% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 83% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 9.0% of Tamarac households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Tamarac’s commuters take a bus or train.
419th of 592: where Tamarac ranks among U.S. towns of 52,000 to 100,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 158 | Palm Beach Gardens FL | 63,883 | $107K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 17% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 417 | Manhattan KS | 54,673 | $60K | 23.3% | 3.6% | 58% | B− |
| 418 | Bloomington IN | 83,307 | $50K | 29.8% | 6.6% | 49% | B− |
| 419 | Tamarac FL | 74,134 | $62K | 13.0% | 5.2% | 4% | B− |
| 420 | Pike Township IN | 84,515 | $69K | 14.2% | 5.7% | 17% | B− |
| 421 | Mount Vernon NY | 72,304 | $79K | 14.7% | 9.3% | 9% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 592 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | D |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Tamarac, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Bordering towns draw 19% of Tamarac’s workers
The biggest share goes to Fort Lauderdale (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tamarac workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamarac | – | B− | A− | 31 min | $61,718 |
| Fort Lauderdale | 14% | B | A | 26 min | $83,130 |
| North Lauderdale | under 4% | C+ | A− | 31 min | $63,326 |
| Coral Springs | 5% | B+ | A− | 30 min | $93,602 |
| Oakland Park | under 4% | B− | A | 26 min | $72,708 |
| Lauderdale Lakes | under 4% | C− | A | 27 min | $50,006 |
| Lauderhill | under 4% | C | A | 30 min | $51,165 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tamarac’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Tamarac: questions
What is the median household income in Tamarac?
$61,718 (±$2,517) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tamarac?
13.0%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tamarac?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tamarac work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Lauderdale (14%, 8 mi), Sunrise (10%, 2 mi), Coral Springs (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tamarac walkable?
Tamarac is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 12.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tamarac without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 7% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tamarac, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tamarac
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.