Tangerine is in East Central Florida. It's population as recorded in the 2010 Census was 2,865. Tangerine is approximately 22 miles from Orlando (population 238,300) and around 24 miles from Deltona (population 85,182).

The median age for residents of Tangerine is 42.6. Around 33.7% of Tangerine households include school aged children and 30.9% of households include individuals aged 65 years or over. Census records indicate 66.3% of the Tangerine population are White, 20.4% are Black or African American, .1% American Indian, .8% Asian and 1.4% are Two or more Races. Tangerine has a significant Hispanic population. 21.8% (627) of Tangerine residents are of Hispanic or Latino origin. Of these 75.91% are of Mexican origin, 11.8% Puerto Rican, 2.55% Cuban and 9.72% are of other Hispanic or Latino origin.

There are 1,174 housing units in Tangerine. 139 (11.8%) of these were reported as vacant in the 2010 Census. There are 199 residential rental units in Tangerine. 155 of them were occupied in 2010 providing a residential rental vacancy rate of 21.6%.