Carrollwood vs Valrico

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

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

Valrico has the higher population (38,820 vs 35,645 in Carrollwood). Valrico has the higher median household income ($98,451 vs $76,723 in Carrollwood). Carrollwood has the higher median home value ($366,200 vs $356,200 in Valrico).

Population, income & housing

	Carrollwood	Valrico
Population	35,645	38,820
Median age	40.6 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,723	$98,451
Median home value	$366,200	$356,200
Median gross rent	$1,512	$1,698
Housing units	14,952	15,035
Homeownership rate	69.0%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrollwood	Valrico
Population	35,686 → 35,645 (-0.1%)	37,980 → 38,820 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$68,422 → $76,723 (+12.1%)	$75,221 → $98,451 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$246,000 → $366,200 (+48.9%)	$231,600 → $356,200 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,184 → $1,512 (+27.7%)	$1,357 → $1,698 (+25.1%)

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

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)

	Carrollwood	Valrico
Under 5	8.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.3%	8.1%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.6%	14.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	17.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.2%
75 and over	7.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrollwood	Valrico
White (non-Hispanic)	54.2%	57.7%
Black or African American	5.8%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	2.3%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	22.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrollwood	Valrico
No high school diploma	8.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	21.4%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrollwood	Valrico
Drove alone	69.4%	66.9%
Carpooled	7.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	23.4%
Other means	1.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrollwood	Valrico
1-unit, detached	60.4%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	2.5%
20 or more units	8.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Carrollwood	Valrico
Poverty rate	7.3%	8.6%
Average household size	2.50	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1984	1996