Apollo Beach vs Sun City Center

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

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

Sun City Center has the higher population (31,801 vs 28,347 in Apollo Beach). Apollo Beach has the higher median household income ($113,130 vs $71,012 in Sun City Center). Apollo Beach has the higher median home value ($420,200 vs $281,900 in Sun City Center).

Population, income & housing

	Apollo Beach	Sun City Center
Population	28,347	31,801
Median age	43.0 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$113,130	$71,012
Median home value	$420,200	$281,900
Median gross rent	$2,087	$1,884
Housing units	11,492	18,458
Homeownership rate	83.8%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apollo Beach	Sun City Center
Population	20,947 → 28,347 (+35.3%)	24,286 → 31,801 (+30.9%)
Median household income	$88,919 → $113,130 (+27.2%)	$50,613 → $71,012 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$276,600 → $420,200 (+51.9%)	$182,900 → $281,900 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,532 → $2,087 (+36.2%)	$1,768 → $1,884 (+6.6%)

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

Sun City Center

Population

24,28631,801

Median household income

$50,613$71,012

Median home value

$182,900$281,900

Median gross rent

$1,768$1,884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apollo Beach	Sun City Center
Under 5	5.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	3.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	2.1%
25 to 34	10.4%	5.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	6.4%
45 to 54	14.7%	4.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	30.2%
75 and over	6.6%	32.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apollo Beach	Sun City Center
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	75.6%
Black or African American	12.9%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.7%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apollo Beach	Sun City Center
No high school diploma	2.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	21.2%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apollo Beach	Sun City Center
Drove alone	67.5%	63.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.5%	30.2%
Other means	1.8%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apollo Beach	Sun City Center
1-unit, detached	81.6%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	31.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.8%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Apollo Beach	Sun City Center
Poverty rate	4.7%	8.2%
Average household size	2.63	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	2008	1997