Plant City is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 40,571 people and 19 associated neighborhoods, Plant City is the 88th largest community in Florida.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.27% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The citizens of Plant City are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.71% of adults in Plant City having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Plant City in 2022 was $31,831, which is lower middle income relative to Florida, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,324 for a family of four. However, Plant City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Plant City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Plant City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Plant City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Plant City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.42% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Plant City include English, German, Irish, Italian, and French.

Plant City also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.22%.

The most common language spoken in Plant City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.