Lake Magdalene vs Sun City Center

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

Lake Magdalene 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 31,733 in Lake Magdalene). Lake Magdalene has the higher median household income ($75,606 vs $71,012 in Sun City Center). Lake Magdalene has the higher median home value ($335,800 vs $281,900 in Sun City Center).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Magdalene	Sun City Center
Population	31,733	31,801
Median age	41.1 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,606	$71,012
Median home value	$335,800	$281,900
Median gross rent	$1,342	$1,884
Housing units	13,702	18,458
Homeownership rate	71.8%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Magdalene	Sun City Center
Population	30,805 → 31,733 (+3.0%)	24,286 → 31,801 (+30.9%)
Median household income	$63,270 → $75,606 (+19.5%)	$50,613 → $71,012 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$231,000 → $335,800 (+45.4%)	$182,900 → $281,900 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,342 (+30.7%)	$1,768 → $1,884 (+6.6%)

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

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)

	Lake Magdalene	Sun City Center
Under 5	7.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	3.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	2.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	5.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	6.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	4.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	30.2%
75 and over	8.0%	32.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Magdalene	Sun City Center
White (non-Hispanic)	56.7%	75.6%
Black or African American	6.8%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.1%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.7%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	30.1%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Magdalene	Sun City Center
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.7%
High school graduate	26.3%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Magdalene	Sun City Center
Drove alone	74.5%	63.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	3.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	30.2%
Other means	1.1%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Magdalene	Sun City Center
1-unit, detached	61.3%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	31.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	2.4%
20 or more units	5.7%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lake Magdalene	Sun City Center
Poverty rate	11.6%	8.2%
Average household size	2.40	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1982	1997