Florida · Census place 1216450
Davenport, Florida
Davenport is a city in Polk County, Florida with an estimated 16,764 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 139th largest of 333 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 16,764
- #139 of 333 in Florida
- Change since 2020
- +72.3%
- +7,034 people
- Land area
- 4.4 sq mi
- + 0.14 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,810 / sq mi
- State median 2,498
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Davenport population, 2020 to 2024
Davenport added 7,034 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +72.3%. In the latest year it moved by +1,604. Among 229 Florida places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 3rd; the median place changed by +4.8%. The median place of 5,000+ in Florida has 21,954 people, so Davenport is 76% of it.
Davenport covers 4.40 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 3,810 people per square mile of land. The median Florida place of 5,000+ has 2,498, so Davenport is denser than the typical town.
What county Davenport is in
All of Davenport's residents live in Polk County, which had 852,878 residents in 2024. Davenport holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Davenport
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Davenport by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 33837, 33844. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Davenport is
The Census internal point of Davenport is at 28.161200, -81.610800. Tallahassee, the capital, is 225.0 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Haines City, FL (42,073 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Lakeland, FL, 22.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 28.161200, -81.610800
- DMS
- 28°09'40.32"N 81°36'38.88"W
- UTM
- 17N 440033.6E 3115210.4N
- Geohash
- djjbnysff
- Plus code
- 76WW596Q+FM
Daylight in Davenport
At 28.16° N, Davenport gets about 13 h 56 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Davenport
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Florida, measured between internal points. The closest is Haines City, 3.4 miles away, with 42,073 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Davenport, FL?
16,764 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7,034 (72.3%) from 9,730 in July 2020.
What county is Davenport in?
Polk County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Davenport?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 33837, 33844.
How far is Davenport from Tallahassee?
225.0 miles (362.1 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Davenport.
What is the nearest larger city to Davenport?
Haines City, FL, with 42,073 residents, 3.4 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.