Brandon vs Tampa

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

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

Tampa has the higher population (393,389 vs 116,365 in Brandon). Brandon has the higher median household income ($77,068 vs $71,302 in Tampa). Tampa has the higher median home value ($375,300 vs $293,800 in Brandon).

Population, income & housing

	Brandon	Tampa
Population	116,365	393,389
Median age	37.2 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,068	$71,302
Median home value	$293,800	$375,300
Median gross rent	$1,691	$1,567
Housing units	48,503	177,076
Homeownership rate	55.6%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandon	Tampa
Population	115,911 → 116,365 (+0.4%)	387,916 → 393,389 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$61,120 → $77,068 (+26.1%)	$53,833 → $71,302 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$187,000 → $293,800 (+57.1%)	$238,900 → $375,300 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,271 → $1,691 (+33.0%)	$1,131 → $1,567 (+38.5%)

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

Tampa

Population

387,916393,389

Median household income

$53,833$71,302

Median home value

$238,900$375,300

Median gross rent

$1,131$1,567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandon	Tampa
Under 5	5.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	11.0%
25 to 34	17.7%	17.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.8%
75 and over	5.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandon	Tampa
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	44.2%
Black or African American	16.5%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	1.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	30.3%	26.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandon	Tampa
No high school diploma	9.8%	10.2%
High school graduate	25.4%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandon	Tampa
Drove alone	73.2%	66.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.2%
Public transit	0.3%	1.3%
Walked	0.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.8%
Worked from home	16.4%	19.3%
Other means	1.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandon	Tampa
1-unit, detached	54.1%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	12.7%
20 or more units	10.7%	21.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Brandon	Tampa
Poverty rate	12.0%	15.9%
Average household size	2.52	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1992	1984