Apollo Beach vs Ruskin

A side-by-side comparison of Apollo Beach and Ruskin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ruskin has the higher population (30,074 vs 28,347 in Apollo Beach). Apollo Beach has the higher median household income ($113,130 vs $76,402 in Ruskin). Apollo Beach has the higher median home value ($420,200 vs $278,300 in Ruskin).

Population, income & housing

	Apollo Beach	Ruskin
Population	28,347	30,074
Median age	43.0 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$113,130	$76,402
Median home value	$420,200	$278,300
Median gross rent	$2,087	$1,593
Housing units	11,492	10,778
Homeownership rate	83.8%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apollo Beach	Ruskin
Population	20,947 → 28,347 (+35.3%)	25,530 → 30,074 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$88,919 → $113,130 (+27.2%)	$57,836 → $76,402 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$276,600 → $420,200 (+51.9%)	$183,700 → $278,300 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,532 → $2,087 (+36.2%)	$970 → $1,593 (+64.2%)

Apollo Beach

Population

20,94728,347

Median household income

$88,919$113,130

Median home value

$276,600$420,200

Median gross rent

$1,532$2,087

Ruskin

Population

25,53030,074

Median household income

$57,836$76,402

Median home value

$183,700$278,300

Median gross rent

$970$1,593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apollo Beach	Ruskin
Under 5	5.1%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	21.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.4%	13.3%
35 to 44	15.2%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	12.7%	6.6%
75 and over	6.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apollo Beach	Ruskin
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	35.7%
Black or African American	12.9%	25.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	32.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apollo Beach	Ruskin
No high school diploma	2.6%	12.2%
High school graduate	21.2%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apollo Beach	Ruskin
Drove alone	67.5%	73.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.5%	14.9%
Other means	1.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apollo Beach	Ruskin
1-unit, detached	81.6%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Apollo Beach	Ruskin
Poverty rate	4.7%	11.0%
Average household size	2.63	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	37	33
Median year structure built	2008	2007