Because the city discourages mobile home developments, Plant City is primarily a single-family home community. The median price of a single family home is $169,900, although starter homes and town-homes can be had for just under $70,000. Many vacant lots are still available, as are ranches and farmland. Country Hills is a popular Plant City neighborhood, just a stone’s throw away from the grounds of the famous Strawberry Festival. In Magnolia Green, an 88-acre single-family development touted as the “fastest selling community in Plant City,” a 3/2 home starts at $170,000. Royal Hills, off Turkey Creek Road five miles north of State Road 60, offers 350 homes in a country setting. Walden Lake is a large, popular Plant City choice: with more than 3,000 homes on 2,000 acres and a country club, two 18-hole golf courses, tennis, hiking trails and more, the community offers lakefront homes starting at $140,000 for a villa up to half a million, plus.
Despite much new growth, Plant City is still a historic community holding fast to its roots: it is home to two residential historic districts and thus a large number of structures built before World War II. A drive though these communities highlights the Bungalow, Craftsman and Colonial Revival architecture popular during the time.