Plant City vs Tampa

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

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

Tampa has the higher population (393,389 vs 40,009 in Plant City). Tampa has the higher median household income ($71,302 vs $64,536 in Plant City). Tampa has the higher median home value ($375,300 vs $251,500 in Plant City).

Population, income & housing

	Plant City	Tampa
Population	40,009	393,389
Median age	38.1 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,536	$71,302
Median home value	$251,500	$375,300
Median gross rent	$1,334	$1,567
Housing units	15,525	177,076
Homeownership rate	63.6%	50.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plant City	Tampa
Population	39,012 → 40,009 (+2.6%)	387,916 → 393,389 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$54,235 → $64,536 (+19.0%)	$53,833 → $71,302 (+32.5%)
Median home value	$169,400 → $251,500 (+48.5%)	$238,900 → $375,300 (+57.1%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,334 (+33.8%)	$1,131 → $1,567 (+38.5%)

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

Tampa

Population

387,916393,389

Median household income

$53,833$71,302

Median home value

$238,900$375,300

Median gross rent

$1,131$1,567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plant City	Tampa
Under 5	5.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	11.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	17.5%
35 to 44	15.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.8%
75 and over	4.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plant City	Tampa
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	44.2%
Black or African American	14.6%	20.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	33.4%	26.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plant City	Tampa
No high school diploma	18.1%	10.2%
High school graduate	31.3%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plant City	Tampa
Drove alone	77.4%	66.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.2%
Public transit	0.7%	1.3%
Walked	1.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	9.3%	19.3%
Other means	1.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plant City	Tampa
1-unit, detached	67.3%	50.7%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	12.7%
20 or more units	6.4%	21.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Plant City	Tampa
Poverty rate	15.2%	15.9%
Average household size	2.69	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1988	1984