Brandon

Population & Demographics

Brandon, FL

Brandon is home to 119,767 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 56,682 resident workers commute each day.

FloridaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
119,767
people
Population

119,767 residents

Median age 37.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Brandon population & demographics

Who lives in Brandon — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
119,767
Median age
37.3yrs
Median household income
$79,685
Median home value
$339,000
Median gross rent
$1,784/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
33.8%
Poverty rate
11.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Brandon

How Brandon breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White42.1%
Hispanic or Latino30.9%
Black16.7%
Asian4.3%
Two or more races4.2%
Some other race1.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Brandon

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Brandon.

Brandon at a glance
Employed Residents
56,682
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
10.5mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
11.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
18.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Tampa
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Brandon proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Brandon commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

48
Commute Score

48 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Brandon

56,682 commutes, one dot at a time

Brandon

Where 56,682 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Brandon, by worker count.

1Tampa10.5 mi16,298
2Brandon0.0 mi6,362
3East Lake-Orient Park6.1 mi4,194
4St. Petersburg25.0 mi1,283
5Riverview7.4 mi1,166
6Town ‘n’ Country17.8 mi1,122
7Palm River-Clair Mel5.0 mi1,107
8Lakeland21.9 mi1,064

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Brandon.

1Brandon0.0 mi6,362
2Tampa10.5 mi4,859
3Riverview7.4 mi3,512
4Valrico4.0 mi1,689
5Bloomingdale4.4 mi990
6St. Petersburg25.0 mi919
7Palm River-Clair Mel5.0 mi904
8Wesley Chapel18.8 mi838

Top industries

The sectors that employ Brandon’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
RTRetail Trade21.9%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance17.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services14.2%
COConstruction10.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services7.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.6%
WSWholesale Trade3.9%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.5%
TRTransportation and Warehousing3.0%
Connectivity

Internet options for Brandon

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Brandon

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).