Florida City vs Sunset

A side-by-side comparison of Florida City and Sunset: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sunset has the higher population (13,652 vs 12,791 in Florida City). Sunset has the higher median household income ($99,764 vs $47,754 in Florida City). Sunset has the higher median home value ($537,500 vs $353,200 in Florida City).

Population, income & housing

	Florida City	Sunset
Population	12,791	13,652
Median age	32.8 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,754	$99,764
Median home value	$353,200	$537,500
Median gross rent	$1,328	$1,894
Housing units	4,208	5,304
Homeownership rate	30.6%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florida City	Sunset
Population	11,928 → 12,791 (+7.2%)	15,871 → 13,652 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$35,253 → $47,754 (+35.5%)	$84,552 → $99,764 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $353,200 (+130.7%)	$388,800 → $537,500 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,168 → $1,328 (+13.7%)	$1,443 → $1,894 (+31.3%)

Florida City

Population

11,92812,791

Median household income

$35,253$47,754

Median home value

$153,100$353,200

Median gross rent

$1,168$1,328

Sunset

Population

15,87113,652

Median household income

$84,552$99,764

Median home value

$388,800$537,500

Median gross rent

$1,443$1,894

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Florida City	Sunset
Under 5	8.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	22.5%	11.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.9%
55 to 64	7.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	13.1%
75 and over	4.5%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florida City	Sunset
White (non-Hispanic)	3.6%	11.8%
Black or African American	41.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	55.4%	84.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florida City	Sunset
No high school diploma	33.1%	8.3%
High school graduate	33.3%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.9%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florida City	Sunset
Drove alone	76.6%	75.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	8.6%
Public transit	2.9%	0.7%
Walked	0.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	12.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florida City	Sunset
1-unit, detached	42.5%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	15.1%	5.3%
20 or more units	16.2%	10.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Florida City	Sunset
Poverty rate	31.0%	11.1%
Average household size	3.22	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	35	33
Median year structure built	1992	1970