Plant City vs University

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

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

University has the higher population (48,868 vs 40,009 in Plant City). Plant City has the higher median household income ($64,536 vs $36,483 in University). Plant City has the higher median home value ($251,500 vs $146,400 in University).

Population, income & housing

	Plant City	University
Population	40,009	48,868
Median age	38.1 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,536	$36,483
Median home value	$251,500	$146,400
Median gross rent	$1,334	$1,185
Housing units	15,525	22,715
Homeownership rate	63.6%	14.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plant City	University
Population	39,012 → 40,009 (+2.6%)	48,436 → 48,868 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$54,235 → $64,536 (+19.0%)	$28,495 → $36,483 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$169,400 → $251,500 (+48.5%)	$106,400 → $146,400 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,334 (+33.8%)	$890 → $1,185 (+33.1%)

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

University

Population

48,43648,868

Median household income

$28,495$36,483

Median home value

$106,400$146,400

Median gross rent

$890$1,185

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plant City	University
Under 5	5.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	25.4%
25 to 34	13.9%	18.2%
35 to 44	15.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	7.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	5.1%
75 and over	4.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plant City	University
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	26.1%
Black or African American	14.6%	29.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	33.4%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plant City	University
No high school diploma	18.1%	24.1%
High school graduate	31.3%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plant City	University
Drove alone	77.4%	63.9%
Carpooled	9.6%	15.5%
Public transit	0.7%	3.2%
Walked	1.1%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	9.7%
Other means	1.9%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plant City	University
1-unit, detached	67.3%	9.7%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	31.1%
20 or more units	6.4%	32.4%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Plant City	University
Poverty rate	15.2%	35.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1988	1986