Brandon vs Valrico

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

Brandon and Valrico 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 38,820 in Valrico). Valrico has the higher median household income ($98,451 vs $77,068 in Brandon). Valrico has the higher median home value ($356,200 vs $293,800 in Brandon).

Population, income & housing

	Brandon	Valrico
Population	116,365	38,820
Median age	37.2 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,068	$98,451
Median home value	$293,800	$356,200
Median gross rent	$1,691	$1,698
Housing units	48,503	15,035
Homeownership rate	55.6%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandon	Valrico
Population	115,911 → 116,365 (+0.4%)	37,980 → 38,820 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$61,120 → $77,068 (+26.1%)	$75,221 → $98,451 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$187,000 → $293,800 (+57.1%)	$231,600 → $356,200 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,271 → $1,691 (+33.0%)	$1,357 → $1,698 (+25.1%)

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

Valrico

Population

37,98038,820

Median household income

$75,221$98,451

Median home value

$231,600$356,200

Median gross rent

$1,357$1,698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandon	Valrico
Under 5	5.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.9%
25 to 34	17.7%	8.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	14.7%
55 to 64	12.6%	17.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	12.2%
75 and over	5.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandon	Valrico
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	57.7%
Black or African American	16.5%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	4.7%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.5%
Some other race	1.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	30.3%	22.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandon	Valrico
No high school diploma	9.8%	6.4%
High school graduate	25.4%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandon	Valrico
Drove alone	73.2%	66.9%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	23.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandon	Valrico
1-unit, detached	54.1%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	21.4%	2.5%
20 or more units	10.7%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Brandon	Valrico
Poverty rate	12.0%	8.6%
Average household size	2.52	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1992	1996