Sun City Center is home to 33,548 people in Florida. At a median age of 69.1, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Owners hold 84% of the housing stock. Median rent is $2,156 a month. There are 2,129 people per square mile. The average commute runs 34 minutes.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $73,528, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 69.1
US median: 38.9
Average education
39% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Sun City Center
What changed most since 1990
Population8,326 → 33,548(+303%)US over the same years: +35%
Median age73.2 → 69.1(−4.1 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Black share0.1% → 13.6%(+13.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Sun City Center's population equals 2.2% of Hillsborough County's. Its number of residents 65 and older equals 8.6% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 5.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)11.1%(498)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)14.2%(634)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era49.6%(2,219)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War9.2%(410)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II6.5%(293)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 4,476 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Sun City Center, decade by decade
Sun City Center population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
8,326
$72,890
$181,205
29.0%
1.8
2010
19,258
$62,860
$231,466
32.1%
16.0
2020
30,952
$62,008
$237,802
34.1%
47.6
2024
33,548
$73,528
$317,000
38.5%
58.3
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
