Brandon vs University

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

Brandon and University 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 48,868 in University). Brandon has the higher median household income ($77,068 vs $36,483 in University). Brandon has the higher median home value ($293,800 vs $146,400 in University).

Population, income & housing

	Brandon	University
Population	116,365	48,868
Median age	37.2 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,068	$36,483
Median home value	$293,800	$146,400
Median gross rent	$1,691	$1,185
Housing units	48,503	22,715
Homeownership rate	55.6%	14.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandon	University
Population	115,911 → 116,365 (+0.4%)	48,436 → 48,868 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$61,120 → $77,068 (+26.1%)	$28,495 → $36,483 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$187,000 → $293,800 (+57.1%)	$106,400 → $146,400 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,271 → $1,691 (+33.0%)	$890 → $1,185 (+33.1%)

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

University

Population

48,43648,868

Median household income

$28,495$36,483

Median home value

$106,400$146,400

Median gross rent

$890$1,185

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandon	University
Under 5	5.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	25.4%
25 to 34	17.7%	18.2%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.2%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	7.8%
65 to 74	8.8%	5.1%
75 and over	5.6%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandon	University
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	26.1%
Black or African American	16.5%	29.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	1.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	30.3%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandon	University
No high school diploma	9.8%	24.1%
High school graduate	25.4%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandon	University
Drove alone	73.2%	63.9%
Carpooled	7.0%	15.5%
Public transit	0.3%	3.2%
Walked	0.8%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	9.7%
Other means	1.7%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandon	University
1-unit, detached	54.1%	9.7%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	31.1%
20 or more units	10.7%	32.4%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Brandon	University
Poverty rate	12.0%	35.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1992	1986