Carrollwood vs Plant City

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

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

Plant City has the higher population (40,009 vs 35,645 in Carrollwood). Carrollwood has the higher median household income ($76,723 vs $64,536 in Plant City). Carrollwood has the higher median home value ($366,200 vs $251,500 in Plant City).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollwood	Plant City
Population	35,645	40,009
Median age	40.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,723	$64,536
Median home value	$366,200	$251,500
Median gross rent	$1,512	$1,334
Housing units	14,952	15,525
Homeownership rate	69.0%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollwood	Plant City
Population	35,686 → 35,645 (-0.1%)	39,012 → 40,009 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$68,422 → $76,723 (+12.1%)	$54,235 → $64,536 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$246,000 → $366,200 (+48.9%)	$169,400 → $251,500 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,184 → $1,512 (+27.7%)	$997 → $1,334 (+33.8%)

Carrollwood

Population

35,68635,645

Median household income

$68,422$76,723

Median home value

$246,000$366,200

Median gross rent

$1,184$1,512

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)

	Carrollwood	Plant City
Under 5	8.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.6%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.2%
75 and over	7.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollwood	Plant City
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	47.9%
Black or African American	5.8%	14.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	33.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrollwood	Plant City
No high school diploma	8.1%	18.1%
High school graduate	21.4%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollwood	Plant City
Drove alone	69.4%	77.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.7%
Walked	1.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.0%	9.3%
Other means	1.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollwood	Plant City
1-unit, detached	60.4%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	10.9%
20 or more units	8.0%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Carrollwood	Plant City
Poverty rate	7.3%	15.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1984	1988