Duval County vs Hillsborough County

A side-by-side comparison of Duval County and Hillsborough County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hillsborough County has the higher population (1,489,634 vs 1,007,189 in Duval County). Hillsborough County has the higher median household income ($75,011 vs $68,447 in Duval County). Hillsborough County has the higher median home value ($333,300 vs $274,900 in Duval County).

Population, income & housing

	Duval County	Hillsborough County
Population	1,007,189	1,489,634
Median age	36.7 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,447	$75,011
Median home value	$274,900	$333,300
Median gross rent	$1,385	$1,543
Housing units	445,946	618,220
Homeownership rate	58.1%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duval County	Hillsborough County
Population	936,186 → 1,007,189 (+7.6%)	1,422,278 → 1,489,634 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$55,807 → $68,447 (+22.6%)	$58,884 → $75,011 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$180,700 → $274,900 (+52.1%)	$216,300 → $333,300 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,074 → $1,385 (+29.0%)	$1,142 → $1,543 (+35.1%)

Duval County

Population

936,1861,007,189

Median household income

$55,807$68,447

Median home value

$180,700$274,900

Median gross rent

$1,074$1,385

Hillsborough County

Population

1,422,2781,489,634

Median household income

$58,884$75,011

Median home value

$216,300$333,300

Median gross rent

$1,142$1,543

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duval County	Hillsborough County
Under 5	6.4%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	8.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	16.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.9%
75 and over	5.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duval County	Hillsborough County
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	45.8%
Black or African American	28.5%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.8%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	29.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duval County	Hillsborough County
No high school diploma	9.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	27.7%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duval County	Hillsborough County
Drove alone	72.5%	68.9%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.6%
Public transit	1.2%	0.8%
Walked	1.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.9%	18.3%
Other means	1.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duval County	Hillsborough County
1-unit, detached	59.7%	57.0%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	12.0%
20 or more units	11.4%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Duval County	Hillsborough County
Poverty rate	14.6%	13.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1986	1990