Charlotte Harbor vs Manasota Key

A side-by-side comparison of Charlotte Harbor and Manasota Key: population, income, housing, and more.

Charlotte Harbor and Manasota Key are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Charlotte Harbor has the higher population (4,456 vs 1,741 in Manasota Key). Manasota Key has the higher median household income ($125,119 vs $41,750 in Charlotte Harbor). Manasota Key has the higher median home value ($678,100 vs $194,200 in Charlotte Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte Harbor	Manasota Key
Population	4,456	1,741
Median age	67.0 yrs	72.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,750	$125,119
Median home value	$194,200	$678,100
Median gross rent	$1,139	$1,553
Housing units	2,959	2,301
Homeownership rate	42.2%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte Harbor	Manasota Key
Population	4,082 → 4,456 (+9.2%)	1,282 → 1,741 (+35.8%)
Median household income	$40,396 → $41,750 (+3.4%)	$74,375 → $125,119 (+68.2%)
Median home value	$126,400 → $194,200 (+53.6%)	$394,000 → $678,100 (+72.1%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,139 (+43.5%)	$1,824 → $1,553 (-14.9%)

Charlotte Harbor

Population

4,0824,456

Median household income

$40,396$41,750

Median home value

$126,400$194,200

Median gross rent

$794$1,139

Manasota Key

Population

1,2821,741

Median household income

$74,375$125,119

Median home value

$394,000$678,100

Median gross rent

$1,824$1,553

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte Harbor	Manasota Key
Under 5	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.5%	2.0%
18 to 24	3.5%	3.4%
25 to 34	9.4%	0.6%
35 to 44	5.3%	3.4%
45 to 54	5.9%	7.9%
55 to 64	8.8%	17.2%
65 to 74	21.1%	27.5%
75 and over	34.6%	37.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte Harbor	Manasota Key
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte Harbor	Manasota Key
No high school diploma	9.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte Harbor	Manasota Key
Drove alone	75.8%	49.7%
Carpooled	11.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.4%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	43.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte Harbor	Manasota Key
1-unit, detached	21.8%	23.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	20.6%
5 to 19 units	21.0%	23.3%
20 or more units	24.9%	25.4%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte Harbor	Manasota Key
Poverty rate	17.4%	2.5%
Average household size	1.85	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1982	1983