Plantation vs Sunrise

A side-by-side comparison of Plantation and Sunrise: population, income, housing, and more.

Plantation and Sunrise are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sunrise has the higher population (96,633 vs 94,002 in Plantation). Plantation has the higher median household income ($87,077 vs $72,107 in Sunrise). Plantation has the higher median home value ($447,700 vs $328,700 in Sunrise).

Population, income & housing

	Plantation	Sunrise
Population	94,002	96,633
Median age	40.8 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,077	$72,107
Median home value	$447,700	$328,700
Median gross rent	$2,148	$1,999
Housing units	39,426	41,063
Homeownership rate	63.3%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plantation	Sunrise
Population	93,449 → 94,002 (+0.6%)	94,060 → 96,633 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$74,903 → $87,077 (+16.3%)	$54,744 → $72,107 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$330,900 → $447,700 (+35.3%)	$205,100 → $328,700 (+60.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,681 → $2,148 (+27.8%)	$1,550 → $1,999 (+29.0%)

Plantation

Population

93,44994,002

Median household income

$74,903$87,077

Median home value

$330,900$447,700

Median gross rent

$1,681$2,148

Sunrise

Population

94,06096,633

Median household income

$54,744$72,107

Median home value

$205,100$328,700

Median gross rent

$1,550$1,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plantation	Sunrise
Under 5	5.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	14.9%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.8%
75 and over	7.2%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plantation	Sunrise
White (non-Hispanic)	36.4%	22.7%
Black or African American	23.9%	33.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	4.6%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.9%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	30.2%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plantation	Sunrise
No high school diploma	6.6%	8.6%
High school graduate	19.6%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.2%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plantation	Sunrise
Drove alone	70.9%	72.9%
Carpooled	9.0%	11.5%
Public transit	1.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.1%	11.6%
Other means	1.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plantation	Sunrise
1-unit, detached	44.6%	37.8%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	11.8%
20 or more units	22.4%	32.7%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Plantation	Sunrise
Poverty rate	10.1%	11.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1983	1982