Tavares Minnetonka is a neighborhood in Tavares, in the 32778 zip code, built mostly in the 1950s. Homes are block and wood frame, predominantly single story. Most homes fall between about 600 and 2,000 square feet under air, and the median lot is roughly a quarter acre.
Most of Tavares Minnetonka carries no mandatory HOA.
What the homes are
Built Mostly built in the 1950s, with homes from 1920 to 1987.
Construction Block and wood frame. Shingle roofs are near universal.
Size Most homes fall between about 600 and 2,000 square feet under air.
Bedrooms Two bedrooms is the most common plan, then three.
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 Minnetonka is
Tavares Minnetonka, centered at 28.805423, -81.714749. 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 Minnetonka, 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
37.6
Walt Disney World
56 min
48.0
AdventHealth Waterman
6 min
2.1
Downtown Mount Dora
10 min
4.8
Public schools nearby
Tavares Elementary School 5 min, 1.6 mi
Tavares High School 4 min, 1.1 mi
Triangle Elementary School 7 min, 3.4 mi
Eustis Heights Elementary School 10 min, 4.7 mi
Private schools nearby
Liberty Christian Preparatory School 5 min, 1.8 mi
Pinecrest Academy Tavares 7 min, 2.3 mi
Life Changing Christian Academy 8 min, 3.7 mi
Parks and recreation
Aesops Park 3 min, 0.9 mi
Wooton Park 4 min, 1.0 mi
Lake Saunders Park 4 min, 1.3 mi
Tavares Ecological Park 5 min, 1.5 mi
Groceries and errands
Village Market Place of Tavares Shopping Center 6 min, 1.8 mi
Publix Super Market at Eustis Village 7 min, 2.3 mi
Nearest is not the same as zoned. The schools above are the closest ones to Tavares Minnetonka 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 13 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 Minnetonka actually sold for over the last twelve months, how long they took, and what moved the price. It is built from 1 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 Minnetonka
$205,000Median sale price
$200Median per square foot
69 daysMedian days to contract
1Homes sold in 12 months
Sale prices ran from $205,000 to $205,000, which is a wide spread and the reason a single neighborhood median is a starting point rather than an answer.
How buyers paid
Conventional 1 sales100%
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 Minnetonka, 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 Minnetonka in Tavares, Lake County, covering closed sales from 18 September 2025 through 13 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.
