Citrus Park vs Sun City Center

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

Citrus Park 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.

Sun City Center has the higher population (31,801 vs 28,163 in Citrus Park). Citrus Park has the higher median household income ($84,220 vs $71,012 in Sun City Center). Citrus Park has the higher median home value ($342,400 vs $281,900 in Sun City Center).

Population, income & housing

	Citrus Park	Sun City Center
Population	28,163	31,801
Median age	42.4 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,220	$71,012
Median home value	$342,400	$281,900
Median gross rent	$1,794	$1,884
Housing units	11,676	18,458
Homeownership rate	65.6%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Citrus Park	Sun City Center
Population	27,026 → 28,163 (+4.2%)	24,286 → 31,801 (+30.9%)
Median household income	$68,834 → $84,220 (+22.4%)	$50,613 → $71,012 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$240,600 → $342,400 (+42.3%)	$182,900 → $281,900 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,302 → $1,794 (+37.8%)	$1,768 → $1,884 (+6.6%)

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

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)

	Citrus Park	Sun City Center
Under 5	4.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	3.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	2.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	5.6%
35 to 44	14.1%	6.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	4.8%
55 to 64	17.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	30.2%
75 and over	5.6%	32.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Citrus Park	Sun City Center
White (non-Hispanic)	40.5%	75.6%
Black or African American	6.6%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	1.7%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	42.9%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Citrus Park	Sun City Center
No high school diploma	7.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	24.8%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Citrus Park	Sun City Center
Drove alone	71.3%	63.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	30.2%
Other means	1.8%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Citrus Park	Sun City Center
1-unit, detached	59.7%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	31.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	8.9%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Citrus Park	Sun City Center
Poverty rate	11.4%	8.2%
Average household size	2.52	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1991	1997