East Lake-Orient Park vs Sun City Center

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

East Lake-Orient 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 29,064 in East Lake-Orient Park). Sun City Center has the higher median household income ($71,012 vs $56,623 in East Lake-Orient Park). Sun City Center has the higher median home value ($281,900 vs $221,500 in East Lake-Orient Park).

Population, income & housing

	East Lake-Orient Park	Sun City Center
Population	29,064	31,801
Median age	35.1 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$56,623	$71,012
Median home value	$221,500	$281,900
Median gross rent	$1,417	$1,884
Housing units	11,972	18,458
Homeownership rate	51.0%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Lake-Orient Park	Sun City Center
Population	29,346 → 29,064 (-1.0%)	24,286 → 31,801 (+30.9%)
Median household income	$40,838 → $56,623 (+38.7%)	$50,613 → $71,012 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$115,400 → $221,500 (+91.9%)	$182,900 → $281,900 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,076 → $1,417 (+31.7%)	$1,768 → $1,884 (+6.6%)

East Lake-Orient Park

Population

29,34629,064

Median household income

$40,838$56,623

Median home value

$115,400$221,500

Median gross rent

$1,076$1,417

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)

	East Lake-Orient Park	Sun City Center
Under 5	6.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.6%	3.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	2.1%
25 to 34	15.9%	5.6%
35 to 44	14.6%	6.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	4.8%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.2%	30.2%
75 and over	4.2%	32.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Lake-Orient Park	Sun City Center
White (non-Hispanic)	23.4%	75.6%
Black or African American	42.2%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.7%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	25.3%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Lake-Orient Park	Sun City Center
No high school diploma	14.3%	5.7%
High school graduate	32.7%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Lake-Orient Park	Sun City Center
Drove alone	63.6%	63.4%
Carpooled	11.9%	3.8%
Public transit	2.8%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	30.2%
Other means	2.6%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Lake-Orient Park	Sun City Center
1-unit, detached	49.5%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	31.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	2.4%
20 or more units	13.6%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	East Lake-Orient Park	Sun City Center
Poverty rate	15.6%	8.2%
Average household size	2.61	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1982	1997