Manasota Key vs Solana

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

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

Manasota Key has the higher population (1,741 vs 953 in Solana). Manasota Key has the higher median household income ($125,119 vs $40,045 in Solana). Manasota Key has the higher median home value ($678,100 vs $148,000 in Solana).

Population, income & housing

	Manasota Key	Solana
Population	1,741	953
Median age	72.2 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$125,119	$40,045
Median home value	$678,100	$148,000
Median gross rent	$1,553	$953
Housing units	2,301	450
Homeownership rate	89.1%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.3%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manasota Key	Solana
Population	1,282 → 1,741 (+35.8%)	894 → 953 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$74,375 → $125,119 (+68.2%)	$53,047 → $40,045 (-24.5%)
Median home value	$394,000 → $678,100 (+72.1%)	$93,800 → $148,000 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,824 → $1,553 (-14.9%)	$985 → $953 (-3.2%)

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

Solana

Population

894953

Median household income

$53,047$40,045

Median home value

$93,800$148,000

Median gross rent

$985$953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manasota Key	Solana
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	3.4%	26.5%
25 to 34	0.6%	6.9%
35 to 44	3.4%	9.8%
45 to 54	7.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	17.2%	10.3%
65 to 74	27.5%	10.2%
75 and over	37.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manasota Key	Solana
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	56.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	44.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manasota Key	Solana
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.7%
High school graduate	36.2%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.5%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.8%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manasota Key	Solana
Drove alone	49.7%	96.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.1%
Worked from home	43.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manasota Key	Solana
1-unit, detached	23.0%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	23.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	25.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	28.0%

Poverty & households

	Manasota Key	Solana
Poverty rate	2.5%	13.9%
Average household size	1.93	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1983	1971