Brandon vs Plant City

A side-by-side comparison of Brandon and Plant City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brandon has the higher population (116,365 vs 40,009 in Plant City). Brandon has the higher median household income ($77,068 vs $64,536 in Plant City). Brandon has the higher median home value ($293,800 vs $251,500 in Plant City).

Population, income & housing

	Brandon	Plant City
Population	116,365	40,009
Median age	37.2 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,068	$64,536
Median home value	$293,800	$251,500
Median gross rent	$1,691	$1,334
Housing units	48,503	15,525
Homeownership rate	55.6%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandon	Plant City
Population	115,911 → 116,365 (+0.4%)	39,012 → 40,009 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$61,120 → $77,068 (+26.1%)	$54,235 → $64,536 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$187,000 → $293,800 (+57.1%)	$169,400 → $251,500 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,271 → $1,691 (+33.0%)	$997 → $1,334 (+33.8%)

Brandon

Population

115,911116,365

Median household income

$61,120$77,068

Median home value

$187,000$293,800

Median gross rent

$1,271$1,691

Plant City

Population

39,01240,009

Median household income

$54,235$64,536

Median home value

$169,400$251,500

Median gross rent

$997$1,334

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandon	Plant City
Under 5	5.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	17.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.3%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.2%
75 and over	5.6%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandon	Plant City
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	47.9%
Black or African American	16.5%	14.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.7%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	30.3%	33.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandon	Plant City
No high school diploma	9.8%	18.1%
High school graduate	25.4%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandon	Plant City
Drove alone	73.2%	77.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.7%
Walked	0.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.4%	9.3%
Other means	1.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandon	Plant City
1-unit, detached	54.1%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	10.9%
20 or more units	10.7%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Brandon	Plant City
Poverty rate	12.0%	15.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1992	1988