Sun City Center vs Valrico

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

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

Valrico has the higher population (38,820 vs 31,801 in Sun City Center). Valrico has the higher median household income ($98,451 vs $71,012 in Sun City Center). Valrico has the higher median home value ($356,200 vs $281,900 in Sun City Center).

Population, income & housing

	Sun City Center	Valrico
Population	31,801	38,820
Median age	70.0 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,012	$98,451
Median home value	$281,900	$356,200
Median gross rent	$1,884	$1,698
Housing units	18,458	15,035
Homeownership rate	85.6%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.7%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sun City Center	Valrico
Population	24,286 → 31,801 (+30.9%)	37,980 → 38,820 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$50,613 → $71,012 (+40.3%)	$75,221 → $98,451 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$182,900 → $281,900 (+54.1%)	$231,600 → $356,200 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,768 → $1,884 (+6.6%)	$1,357 → $1,698 (+25.1%)

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

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)

	Sun City Center	Valrico
Under 5	3.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	3.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	2.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	5.6%	8.1%
35 to 44	6.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	4.8%	14.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	17.5%
65 to 74	30.2%	12.2%
75 and over	32.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sun City Center	Valrico
White (non-Hispanic)	75.6%	57.7%
Black or African American	7.9%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.6%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	1.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	22.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sun City Center	Valrico
No high school diploma	5.7%	6.4%
High school graduate	25.6%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sun City Center	Valrico
Drove alone	63.4%	66.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.2%
Walked	0.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.2%	23.4%
Other means	2.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sun City Center	Valrico
1-unit, detached	55.8%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	31.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.5%
20 or more units	6.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Sun City Center	Valrico
Poverty rate	8.2%	8.6%
Average household size	1.90	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1997	1996