Tarpon Springs, FL

Tarpon Springs is located at 50km northwest of Tampa. just north of St. Petersburg), with its Greek-immigrant influence, an absolutely delightful place to visit for a day. Tarpon Springs isn't big and there may not be all that much to do but visitors loved the harbor and its riot of little shops and weather-beaten boats. Tarpon Springs hosts the annual Epiphany Celebration, a traditional Greek Holy Day fete with national costumes, dancing, feasting and an exciting competition where young men dive for a cross in Spring Bayou. Also in Tarpon Springs, see the Unitarian Universalist Church, which is home to the largest collection of paintings on public display by George Inniss Jr., son of the famous landscape painter George Inness Sr.

Population (year 2000): 21,003. Estimated population in July 2005: 22,651 (+7.8% change)
Males: 10,054 (47.9%), Females: 10,949 (52.1%)

Pinellas County

Zip codes: 34689.

Median resident age: 45.4 years
Median household income: $38,251 (year 2000)
Median house value: $107,100 (year 2000)

Races in Tarpon Springs:

Ancestries: German (17.7%), Irish (14.9%), English (12.3%), Greek (11.8%), Italian (9.5%), United States (4.3%).

Elevation: 17 feet

Land area: 9.1 square miles

For population 25 years and over in Tarpon Springs

• High school or higher: 81.7%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.5%
• Graduate or professional degree: 7.2%
• Unemployed: 4.1%
• Mean travel time to work: 29.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Tarpon Springs city

• Never married: 17.6%
• Now married: 58.9%
• Separated: 1.8%
• Widowed: 10.6%
• Divorced: 11.0%

10.2% Foreign born (5.6% Europe, 1.9% Latin America, 1.2% North America, 1.2% Asia).

Population change in the 1990s: +1,988 (+10.5%).