Plant City vs Sun City Center

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

Plant City 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.

Plant City has the higher population (40,009 vs 31,801 in Sun City Center). Sun City Center has the higher median household income ($71,012 vs $64,536 in Plant City). Sun City Center has the higher median home value ($281,900 vs $251,500 in Plant City).

Population, income & housing

	Plant City	Sun City Center
Population	40,009	31,801
Median age	38.1 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,536	$71,012
Median home value	$251,500	$281,900
Median gross rent	$1,334	$1,884
Housing units	15,525	18,458
Homeownership rate	63.6%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plant City	Sun City Center
Population	39,012 → 40,009 (+2.6%)	24,286 → 31,801 (+30.9%)
Median household income	$54,235 → $64,536 (+19.0%)	$50,613 → $71,012 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$169,400 → $251,500 (+48.5%)	$182,900 → $281,900 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,334 (+33.8%)	$1,768 → $1,884 (+6.6%)

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

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)

	Plant City	Sun City Center
Under 5	5.5%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	3.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	2.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	5.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	6.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	4.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	30.2%
75 and over	4.9%	32.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plant City	Sun City Center
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	75.6%
Black or African American	14.6%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.7%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	33.4%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plant City	Sun City Center
No high school diploma	18.1%	5.7%
High school graduate	31.3%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plant City	Sun City Center
Drove alone	77.4%	63.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	3.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	30.2%
Other means	1.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plant City	Sun City Center
1-unit, detached	67.3%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	31.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	2.4%
20 or more units	6.4%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Plant City	Sun City Center
Poverty rate	15.2%	8.2%
Average household size	2.69	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1988	1997