Citrus County vs Sumter County

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

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

Citrus County has the higher population (158,693 vs 137,536 in Sumter County). Sumter County has the higher median household income ($73,297 vs $55,355 in Citrus County). Sumter County has the higher median home value ($356,000 vs $223,200 in Citrus County).

Population, income & housing

	Citrus County	Sumter County
Population	158,693	137,536
Median age	56.9 yrs	68.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,355	$73,297
Median home value	$223,200	$356,000
Median gross rent	$1,069	$1,225
Housing units	83,417	80,371
Homeownership rate	84.8%	88.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Citrus County	Sumter County
Population	145,169 → 158,693 (+9.3%)	125,044 → 137,536 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$44,237 → $55,355 (+25.1%)	$57,226 → $73,297 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$131,500 → $223,200 (+69.7%)	$258,600 → $356,000 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$843 → $1,069 (+26.8%)	$914 → $1,225 (+34.0%)

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

Sumter County

Population

125,044137,536

Median household income

$57,226$73,297

Median home value

$258,600$356,000

Median gross rent

$914$1,225

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Citrus County	Sumter County
Under 5	3.4%	1.8%
5 to 17	11.4%	5.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	2.9%
25 to 34	8.4%	5.6%
35 to 44	8.6%	6.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	6.5%
55 to 64	16.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	19.7%	30.8%
75 and over	16.6%	27.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Citrus County	Sumter County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	84.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Citrus County	Sumter County
No high school diploma	9.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	38.0%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Citrus County	Sumter County
Drove alone	76.3%	71.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.2%
Worked from home	12.1%	13.3%
Other means	1.7%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Citrus County	Sumter County
1-unit, detached	70.2%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.1%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	21.4%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Citrus County	Sumter County
Poverty rate	15.5%	9.1%
Average household size	2.24	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1989	2005