Citrus Park vs Ruskin

A side-by-side comparison of Citrus Park and Ruskin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ruskin has the higher population (30,074 vs 28,163 in Citrus Park). Citrus Park has the higher median household income ($84,220 vs $76,402 in Ruskin). Citrus Park has the higher median home value ($342,400 vs $278,300 in Ruskin).

Population, income & housing

	Citrus Park	Ruskin
Population	28,163	30,074
Median age	42.4 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,220	$76,402
Median home value	$342,400	$278,300
Median gross rent	$1,794	$1,593
Housing units	11,676	10,778
Homeownership rate	65.6%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Citrus Park	Ruskin
Population	27,026 → 28,163 (+4.2%)	25,530 → 30,074 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$68,834 → $84,220 (+22.4%)	$57,836 → $76,402 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$240,600 → $342,400 (+42.3%)	$183,700 → $278,300 (+51.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,302 → $1,794 (+37.8%)	$970 → $1,593 (+64.2%)

Citrus Park

Population

27,02628,163

Median household income

$68,834$84,220

Median home value

$240,600$342,400

Median gross rent

$1,302$1,794

Ruskin

Population

25,53030,074

Median household income

$57,836$76,402

Median home value

$183,700$278,300

Median gross rent

$970$1,593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Citrus Park	Ruskin
Under 5	4.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	14.4%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	17.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	6.6%
75 and over	5.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Citrus Park	Ruskin
White (non-Hispanic)	40.5%	35.7%
Black or African American	6.6%	25.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	42.9%	32.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Citrus Park	Ruskin
No high school diploma	7.0%	12.2%
High school graduate	24.8%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Citrus Park	Ruskin
Drove alone	71.3%	73.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	14.9%
Other means	1.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Citrus Park	Ruskin
1-unit, detached	59.7%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	3.7%
20 or more units	8.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Citrus Park	Ruskin
Poverty rate	11.4%	11.0%
Average household size	2.52	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1991	2007