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Avon Park is in South Central Florida. It's population as recorded in the 2010 Census was 8,836. Avon Park is approximately 41 miles from Lakeland (population 97,422) and around 32 miles from Winter Haven (population 33,874).

The median age for residents of Avon Park is 35.6. Around 35.7% of Avon Park households include school aged children and 33.1% of households include individuals aged 65 years or over. Census records indicate 55.4% of the Avon Park population are White, 28% are Black or African American, .3% American Indian, .8% Asian and 4.2% are Two or more Races. Avon Park has a significant Hispanic population. 29.1% (2,576) of Avon Park residents are of Hispanic or Latino origin. Of these 57.49% are of Mexican origin, 30.86% Puerto Rican, 3.49% Cuban and 8.15% are of other Hispanic or Latino origin.

There are 4,162 housing units in Avon Park. 908 (21.8%) of these were reported as vacant in the 2010 Census. Avon Park is a tourist destination, 25.3% (230) of it's vacant housing units were classed as seasonal, recreational or for occasional use. There are 1,726 residential rental units in Avon Park. 1,403 of them were occupied in 2010 providing a residential rental vacancy rate of 17.9%.