Plant City vs Valrico

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

Plant City and Valrico 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 38,820 in Valrico). Valrico has the higher median household income ($98,451 vs $64,536 in Plant City). Valrico has the higher median home value ($356,200 vs $251,500 in Plant City).

Population, income & housing

	Plant City	Valrico
Population	40,009	38,820
Median age	38.1 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,536	$98,451
Median home value	$251,500	$356,200
Median gross rent	$1,334	$1,698
Housing units	15,525	15,035
Homeownership rate	63.6%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plant City	Valrico
Population	39,012 → 40,009 (+2.6%)	37,980 → 38,820 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$54,235 → $64,536 (+19.0%)	$75,221 → $98,451 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$169,400 → $251,500 (+48.5%)	$231,600 → $356,200 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,334 (+33.8%)	$1,357 → $1,698 (+25.1%)

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

Valrico

Population

37,98038,820

Median household income

$75,221$98,451

Median home value

$231,600$356,200

Median gross rent

$1,357$1,698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plant City	Valrico
Under 5	5.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.9%	8.1%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	17.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.2%
75 and over	4.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plant City	Valrico
White (non-Hispanic)	47.9%	57.7%
Black or African American	14.6%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	33.4%	22.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plant City	Valrico
No high school diploma	18.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	31.3%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plant City	Valrico
Drove alone	77.4%	66.9%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	23.4%
Other means	1.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plant City	Valrico
1-unit, detached	67.3%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	2.5%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Plant City	Valrico
Poverty rate	15.2%	8.6%
Average household size	2.69	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1988	1996