Carrollwood vs Sun City Center

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

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

Carrollwood has the higher population (35,645 vs 31,801 in Sun City Center). Carrollwood has the higher median household income ($76,723 vs $71,012 in Sun City Center). Carrollwood has the higher median home value ($366,200 vs $281,900 in Sun City Center).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollwood	Sun City Center
Population	35,645	31,801
Median age	40.6 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,723	$71,012
Median home value	$366,200	$281,900
Median gross rent	$1,512	$1,884
Housing units	14,952	18,458
Homeownership rate	69.0%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollwood	Sun City Center
Population	35,686 → 35,645 (-0.1%)	24,286 → 31,801 (+30.9%)
Median household income	$68,422 → $76,723 (+12.1%)	$50,613 → $71,012 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$246,000 → $366,200 (+48.9%)	$182,900 → $281,900 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,184 → $1,512 (+27.7%)	$1,768 → $1,884 (+6.6%)

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

Sun City Center

Population

24,28631,801

Median household income

$50,613$71,012

Median home value

$182,900$281,900

Median gross rent

$1,768$1,884

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrollwood	Sun City Center
Under 5	8.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	12.6%	3.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	2.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	5.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	6.4%
45 to 54	14.6%	4.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	30.2%
75 and over	7.9%	32.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollwood	Sun City Center
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	75.6%
Black or African American	5.8%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	2.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.7%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrollwood	Sun City Center
No high school diploma	8.1%	5.7%
High school graduate	21.4%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollwood	Sun City Center
Drove alone	69.4%	63.4%
Carpooled	7.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.1%
Walked	1.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	30.2%
Other means	1.5%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollwood	Sun City Center
1-unit, detached	60.4%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	31.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	2.4%
20 or more units	8.0%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Carrollwood	Sun City Center
Poverty rate	7.3%	8.2%
Average household size	2.50	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1984	1997