Citrus County vs Martin County

A side-by-side comparison of Citrus County and Martin County: population, income, housing, and more.

Citrus County and Martin County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Martin County has the higher population (160,464 vs 158,693 in Citrus County). Martin County has the higher median household income ($80,701 vs $55,355 in Citrus County). Martin County has the higher median home value ($386,500 vs $223,200 in Citrus County).

Population, income & housing

	Citrus County	Martin County
Population	158,693	160,464
Median age	56.9 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,355	$80,701
Median home value	$223,200	$386,500
Median gross rent	$1,069	$1,499
Housing units	83,417	82,297
Homeownership rate	84.8%	80.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Citrus County	Martin County
Population	145,169 → 158,693 (+9.3%)	159,065 → 160,464 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$44,237 → $55,355 (+25.1%)	$61,133 → $80,701 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$131,500 → $223,200 (+69.7%)	$273,700 → $386,500 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$843 → $1,069 (+26.8%)	$1,111 → $1,499 (+34.9%)

Citrus County

Population

145,169158,693

Median household income

$44,237$55,355

Median home value

$131,500$223,200

Median gross rent

$843$1,069

Martin County

Population

159,065160,464

Median household income

$61,133$80,701

Median home value

$273,700$386,500

Median gross rent

$1,111$1,499

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Citrus County	Martin County
Under 5	3.4%	4.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	12.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.6%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	16.2%	15.7%
65 to 74	19.7%	15.8%
75 and over	16.6%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Citrus County	Martin County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	75.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Citrus County	Martin County
No high school diploma	9.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	38.0%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	23.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Citrus County	Martin County
Drove alone	76.3%	73.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.1%	13.8%
Other means	1.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Citrus County	Martin County
1-unit, detached	70.2%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	14.6%
20 or more units	1.1%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	21.4%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Citrus County	Martin County
Poverty rate	15.5%	11.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1989	1986