Davenport, FL jobs, layoffs and employers
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- AccountantForestar Group
- Administrative AssistantVITAS Healthcare
- Assistant Property ManagerWillow Bridge Property Company
- Market Director Care ManagementAdventHealth
- Staff AccountantAscend Vision Partners
- Marketing Coordinator Heart of FloridaAdventHealth Corporate
- AccountantD.R. Horton
- Branch ManagerSuncoast Credit Union
- Customer Service Manager (Bilingual)RB Global
- Account Executive (Healthcare Sales)Skilled home healthcare services provider
Employers hiring most in Davenport
- Walmart2 open roles
- AdventHealth1 open role
- AdventHealth Corporate1 open role
- Amazon1 open role
- Ascend Vision Partners1 open role
- D.R. Horton1 open role
- Forestar Group1 open role
- Polk County Public Schools1 open role
- RB Global1 open role
- Skilled home healthcare services provider1 open role
Davenport layoffs
1
Layoff notices, last 12 months
1
workers named
A floor: states may leave out counts
1
employer
| Notice date | Employer | City or county | Workers | Type | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conduent | DAVENPORT | 1 | — | State record |
Polk County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 4.4% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 19.8% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 5.2%, unchanged from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+4,863 jobs), construction (+1,481 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: finance & insurance (−835 jobs), agriculture (−495 jobs)
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Polk County economy
5.2%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.2% the month before
364,459
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
760,961
people in Polk County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$63,644
median household income
Source: Census ACS
32%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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