Plant City vs Riverview

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

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

Riverview has the higher population (107,776 vs 40,009 in Plant City). Riverview has the higher median household income ($95,442 vs $64,536 in Plant City). Riverview has the higher median home value ($341,200 vs $251,500 in Plant City).

Population, income & housing

	Plant City	Riverview
Population	40,009	107,776
Median age	38.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,536	$95,442
Median home value	$251,500	$341,200
Median gross rent	$1,334	$1,890
Housing units	15,525	40,572
Homeownership rate	63.6%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plant City	Riverview
Population	39,012 → 40,009 (+2.6%)	95,338 → 107,776 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$54,235 → $64,536 (+19.0%)	$74,622 → $95,442 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$169,400 → $251,500 (+48.5%)	$214,100 → $341,200 (+59.4%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,334 (+33.8%)	$1,403 → $1,890 (+34.7%)

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

Riverview

Population

95,338107,776

Median household income

$74,622$95,442

Median home value

$214,100$341,200

Median gross rent

$1,403$1,890

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plant City	Riverview
Under 5	5.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	19.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	15.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	16.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.9%
75 and over	4.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plant City	Riverview
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	46.2%
Black or African American	14.6%	21.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	33.4%	24.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plant City	Riverview
No high school diploma	18.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	31.3%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plant City	Riverview
Drove alone	77.4%	70.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	7.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	20.9%
Other means	1.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plant City	Riverview
1-unit, detached	67.3%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	5.8%
20 or more units	6.4%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Plant City	Riverview
Poverty rate	15.2%	7.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1988	2006