Gibsonton vs Thonotosassa

A side-by-side comparison of Gibsonton and Thonotosassa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gibsonton has the higher population (18,831 vs 14,660 in Thonotosassa). Gibsonton has the higher median household income ($74,049 vs $67,447 in Thonotosassa). Thonotosassa has the higher median home value ($287,600 vs $274,300 in Gibsonton).

Population, income & housing

	Gibsonton	Thonotosassa
Population	18,831	14,660
Median age	33.8 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,049	$67,447
Median home value	$274,300	$287,600
Median gross rent	$1,286	$1,129
Housing units	6,497	5,803
Homeownership rate	69.0%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibsonton	Thonotosassa
Population	18,515 → 18,831 (+1.7%)	14,460 → 14,660 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$52,696 → $74,049 (+40.5%)	$48,099 → $67,447 (+40.2%)
Median home value	$188,400 → $274,300 (+45.6%)	$158,000 → $287,600 (+82.0%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,286 (+30.2%)	$886 → $1,129 (+27.4%)

Gibsonton

Population

18,51518,831

Median household income

$52,696$74,049

Median home value

$188,400$274,300

Median gross rent

$988$1,286

Thonotosassa

Population

14,46014,660

Median household income

$48,099$67,447

Median home value

$158,000$287,600

Median gross rent

$886$1,129

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gibsonton	Thonotosassa
Under 5	6.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	24.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	17.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	6.1%	11.3%
75 and over	2.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibsonton	Thonotosassa
White (non-Hispanic)	38.0%	60.2%
Black or African American	17.0%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	38.0%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibsonton	Thonotosassa
No high school diploma	18.5%	18.1%
High school graduate	32.4%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibsonton	Thonotosassa
Drove alone	75.2%	68.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	11.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.7%
Walked	1.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	15.8%
Other means	0.5%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibsonton	Thonotosassa
1-unit, detached	67.3%	47.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	42.4%

Poverty & households

	Gibsonton	Thonotosassa
Poverty rate	19.8%	17.4%
Average household size	3.16	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	2001	1990