Tavares Heights is a neighborhood in northeast Tavares, in the 32778 zip code, built mostly in the 1950s. Homes are block and stucco, predominantly single story. Most homes fall between about 800 and 1,700 square feet under air, and the median lot is roughly a quarter acre.
Most of Tavares Heights carries no mandatory HOA.
What the homes are
Built Mostly built in the 1950s, with homes from 1920 to 2022.
Construction Block and stucco. Shingle roofs are near universal.
Size Most homes fall between about 800 and 1,700 square feet under air.
Bedrooms Three bedrooms is the most common plan, then two.
Lot The median lot is roughly a quarter acre.
HOA Most of the neighborhood carries no mandatory HOA. Confirm on a specific parcel before relying on it.
Where Tavares Heights is
Tavares Heights, centered at 28.811932, -81.715507. Drag to explore.Street level, inside the neighborhood. Drag to look around.
Drive times below are measured on the road network from the center of Tavares Heights, not straight-line distance, in free-flowing traffic. Treat them as the floor rather than the school-run average.
Driving to
Time
Miles
Downtown Orlando
50 min
38.5
Walt Disney World
55 min
49.0
AdventHealth Waterman
4 min
1.1
Downtown Mount Dora
11 min
5.4
Public schools nearby
Tavares Elementary School 6 min, 1.8 mi
Tavares High School 4 min, 1.4 mi
Triangle Elementary School 7 min, 3.5 mi
Eustis Heights Elementary School 9 min, 3.2 mi
Private schools nearby
Liberty Christian Preparatory School 3 min, 1.0 mi
Pinecrest Academy Tavares 4 min, 1.3 mi
Life Changing Christian Academy 7 min, 2.6 mi
Parks and recreation
Aesops Park 3 min, 1.1 mi
Wooton Park 4 min, 1.2 mi
Lake Saunders Park 5 min, 2.1 mi
Tavares Ecological Park 5 min, 1.7 mi
Groceries and errands
Village Market Place of Tavares Shopping Center 5 min, 2.0 mi
Publix Super Market at Eustis Village 4 min, 1.2 mi
Nearest is not the same as zoned. The schools above are the closest ones to Tavares Heights by distance. School attendance zones are set by the district, change from year to year, and can differ street to street inside one neighborhood. Confirm the assignment for a specific address with Lake County Public Schools before it matters to a decision.
Places and drive times from Google, checked 12 September 2026. Businesses open and close; if something here has changed, tell me and I will correct it.
This page tracks what homes in Tavares Heights actually sold for over the last twelve months, how long they took, and what moved the price. It is built from 5 verified closed sales in the Stellar MLS feed, not from public estimates. Every figure is a net-of-concessions number, which is explained at the bottom. Updated September 2026.
Read this one loosely. Fewer than eight homes closed here in the last year, so every median on this page rests on a small sample and can swing on a single sale.
What homes sold for in Tavares Heights
$219,000Median sale price
$207Median per square foot
47 daysMedian days to contract
5Homes sold in 12 months
Sale prices ran from $193,030 to $288,400, which is a wide spread and the reason a single neighborhood median is a starting point rather than an answer.
By size
Home size
Sales
Median price
Median $/sq ft
Median days
Under 2,000 sq ft
5
$219,000
$207
47 days
Larger homes usually show a lower price per square foot. That is normal and it is why a price per foot taken from the whole neighborhood should never be applied straight to one house.
Homes priced right sold far faster
Median days to go under contract. Shorter is better.
Never reduced 1 sales, closed at 100% of asking39 days
Reduced at least once 4 sales, closed at 100% of the reduced price56 days
Sellers who priced correctly and held their number went under contract in a median 39 days. Sellers who had to reduce took 56 days and still closed at 100% of their already reduced price, after a typical cut of $19,000. Opening high costs time and money, in that order.
Seller concessions
80%Of sales included a seller credit
$6,221Typical credit when there was one
4 of 5Sales carrying a credit
A seller credit covers part of the buyer's closing costs and comes off the seller's proceeds, so the headline sale price overstates what the seller kept. Budget for it if you are selling, and ask for it if you are buying.
How buyers paid
FHA 3 sales60%
VA 1 sales20%
Conventional 1 sales20%
Cash was 0% of purchases. A high cash share means a seller has buyers who do not depend on an appraisal, and a buyer using a loan is competing against offers that can close faster.
Questions about a specific home in Tavares Heights, or want to know what yours would sell for? Call or text Brenden Rendo at 407-616-9019 or send a message.
About this data. Source is the Stellar MLS feed for Tavares Heights in Tavares, Lake County, covering closed sales from 17 September 2025 through 12 September 2026, refreshed monthly and current as of September 2026. Prices are net of seller concessions, so they reflect what the seller actually received rather than the headline number. Data believed accurate but not guaranteed; listings and closings change daily.
