Ruskin vs Sun City Center

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

Ruskin 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.

Sun City Center has the higher population (31,801 vs 30,074 in Ruskin). Ruskin has the higher median household income ($76,402 vs $71,012 in Sun City Center). Sun City Center has the higher median home value ($281,900 vs $278,300 in Ruskin).

Population, income & housing

	Ruskin	Sun City Center
Population	30,074	31,801
Median age	34.0 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,402	$71,012
Median home value	$278,300	$281,900
Median gross rent	$1,593	$1,884
Housing units	10,778	18,458
Homeownership rate	73.1%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	36.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ruskin	Sun City Center
Population	25,530 → 30,074 (+17.8%)	24,286 → 31,801 (+30.9%)
Median household income	$57,836 → $76,402 (+32.1%)	$50,613 → $71,012 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$183,700 → $278,300 (+51.5%)	$182,900 → $281,900 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $1,593 (+64.2%)	$1,768 → $1,884 (+6.6%)

Ruskin

Population

25,53030,074

Median household income

$57,836$76,402

Median home value

$183,700$278,300

Median gross rent

$970$1,593

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)

	Ruskin	Sun City Center
Under 5	8.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	21.3%	3.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	2.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	5.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	6.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	4.8%
55 to 64	10.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	30.2%
75 and over	4.2%	32.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ruskin	Sun City Center
White (non-Hispanic)	35.7%	75.6%
Black or African American	25.5%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	1.7%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	32.6%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ruskin	Sun City Center
No high school diploma	12.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	30.9%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ruskin	Sun City Center
Drove alone	73.4%	63.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	30.2%
Other means	1.4%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ruskin	Sun City Center
1-unit, detached	78.7%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	31.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	2.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Ruskin	Sun City Center
Poverty rate	11.0%	8.2%
Average household size	3.12	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	2007	1997