Lake Magdalene vs Plant City

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Magdalene and Plant City: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Magdalene and Plant City are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Plant City has the higher population (40,009 vs 31,733 in Lake Magdalene). Lake Magdalene has the higher median household income ($75,606 vs $64,536 in Plant City). Lake Magdalene has the higher median home value ($335,800 vs $251,500 in Plant City).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Magdalene	Plant City
Population	31,733	40,009
Median age	41.1 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,606	$64,536
Median home value	$335,800	$251,500
Median gross rent	$1,342	$1,334
Housing units	13,702	15,525
Homeownership rate	71.8%	63.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Magdalene	Plant City
Population	30,805 → 31,733 (+3.0%)	39,012 → 40,009 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$63,270 → $75,606 (+19.5%)	$54,235 → $64,536 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$231,000 → $335,800 (+45.4%)	$169,400 → $251,500 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,342 (+30.7%)	$997 → $1,334 (+33.8%)

Lake Magdalene

Population

30,80531,733

Median household income

$63,270$75,606

Median home value

$231,000$335,800

Median gross rent

$1,027$1,342

Plant City

Population

39,01240,009

Median household income

$54,235$64,536

Median home value

$169,400$251,500

Median gross rent

$997$1,334

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Magdalene	Plant City
Under 5	7.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.2%
75 and over	8.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Magdalene	Plant City
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	47.9%
Black or African American	6.8%	14.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	30.1%	33.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Magdalene	Plant City
No high school diploma	5.9%	18.1%
High school graduate	26.3%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Magdalene	Plant City
Drove alone	74.5%	77.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	9.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.7%
Walked	0.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.3%	9.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Magdalene	Plant City
1-unit, detached	61.3%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	10.9%
20 or more units	5.7%	6.4%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Magdalene	Plant City
Poverty rate	11.6%	15.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1982	1988