Is Plant City, FL a good place to live?
Data as of October 13, 2026. Figures are aggregates from licensed MLS records, IRS migration files, Zillow indexes, Census income and population, and Citizens Property Insurance; sources are named where they appear.
The short answer, by the numbers
Plant City homes sold for a median of $385,415 over the last 12 months, +1.2% year over year. Homes take about 42 days to sell and the city holds 2.2 months of supply, which reads as a seller’s market. Owning the median home runs about $2,380 a month with taxes and insurance, against a median household income near $75,011 (31.9% of income). Prices sit at 5.0 times local income, a stretch by the usual four-times-income yardstick.
What it costs to live in Plant City
| Median sale price (12 months) | $385,415 |
| Price per square foot | $177/sq ft |
| Typical monthly cost to own the median home | $2,380 (principal, interest, taxes, insurance) |
| Median household income | $75,011 |
| Price-to-income ratio | 5.0x |
| Share of income to own the median home | 31.9% |
| Median property tax bill | $2,787/yr |
| Typical rent (county, Zillow ZORI) | $1,992/mo |
| Citizens Property Insurance average premium (county) | $1,816/yr |
The cost-to-own figure is principal and interest at today’s prevailing 30-year rate with a 20% down payment, plus the county’s median tax bill and a typical insurance premium. Your own number moves with the rate you lock and the home’s flood zone and roof.
How Plant City home prices have moved
Appreciation has run -1.4% over the last year, +3.8% a year over five years, +6.8% a year over ten. The median went from $177,606 in 2016 to $385,415 over the last 12 months, +117% in 10 years.
| Year | Median sale | Closings | Days on market | $/sq ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $177,606 | 525 | 40 | $94 |
| 2017 | $192,053 | 365 | 38 | $105 |
| 2018 | $203,793 | 49 | 27 | $111 |
| 2019 | $234,646 | 36 | 43 | $111 |
| 2021 | $309,629 | 85 | 4 | $157 |
| 2022 | $335,041 | 530 | 6 | $184 |
| 2023 | $366,440 | 278 | 21 | $194 |
| 2024 | $355,987 | 945 | 29 | $183 |
| 2025 | $357,082 | 802 | 33 | $183 |
| 2026 | $377,227 | 670 | 43 | $184 |
The Plant City market right now
| Homes for sale | 50 |
| Under contract | 18 |
| Sold in the last 12 months | 369 |
| Months of supply | 2.2 |
| Sale-to-list price | 97% |
| Listings with a price cut | 32.6% |
| Cash purchases (latest year) | 20% |
| New-construction share of sales | 56% |
What sells here: Single Family Residence 94%, Condominium 3%, Townhouse 2%.
By price band, where the supply and the waiting are:
| Price band | For sale | Sold, 12 mo | Months of supply | Days on market |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under $300K | 3 | 62 | 0.6 | 64 |
| $300K–$500K | 44 | 294 | 1.8 | 43 |
Weather, flood and insurance exposure
Insurance is the line item that surprises people. Citizens, the state-backed insurer of last resort, averages $1,816 a year in Hillsborough County across 6,518 policies. Roof age, wind-mitigation features and flood zone move a quote more than anything else, so price insurance before you write an offer, not after.
Who is moving to Plant City
IRS county-to-county returns for Hillsborough County show 81,755 people moving in and 82,941 moving out in the latest filing year, a net of -1,186. Out-of-state arrivals came mostly from NY, TX, NJ, GA. Households arriving reported an average adjusted gross income of $77,979 against $72,366 for those leaving. Hillsborough County’s population grew from 1,378,883 in 2018 to 1,489,634 (+8%), and median household income rose +34% over the same stretch.
The trade-offs, by the numbers
What the numbers argue for: five-year appreciation of +3.8% a year; prices still rising, +1.2% over the last year; 2.2 months of supply (a seller's market); Citizens average premium $1,816 a year.
What the numbers argue against: price-to-income of 5.0x (above the four-times rule); 31.9% of median income to own the median home (over the 28% guideline); net migration -1,186 people a year into the county; median property tax bill $2,787 a year.
None of this describes the people who live here; it describes what it costs to buy in, what you carry each month, and how the market has treated owners. Neighborhood fit is a visit, not a statistic.
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Market figures are aggregates as of October 13, 2026 and change over time; no individual sale is shown. General information, not legal, tax or financial advice. Equal Housing Opportunity.