Bayshore Gardens vs Lakewood Ranch

A side-by-side comparison of Bayshore Gardens and Lakewood Ranch: population, income, housing, and more.

Bayshore Gardens and Lakewood Ranch are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lakewood Ranch has the higher population (39,434 vs 18,324 in Bayshore Gardens). Lakewood Ranch has the higher median household income ($123,471 vs $50,896 in Bayshore Gardens). Lakewood Ranch has the higher median home value ($626,500 vs $160,700 in Bayshore Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Bayshore Gardens	Lakewood Ranch
Population	18,324	39,434
Median age	47.7 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,896	$123,471
Median home value	$160,700	$626,500
Median gross rent	$1,324	$2,213
Housing units	10,061	18,365
Homeownership rate	68.5%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	59.1%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayshore Gardens	Lakewood Ranch
Population	20,287 → 18,324 (-9.7%)	26,513 → 39,434 (+48.7%)
Median household income	$43,290 → $50,896 (+17.6%)	$111,645 → $123,471 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$96,400 → $160,700 (+66.7%)	$456,600 → $626,500 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$977 → $1,324 (+35.5%)	$1,856 → $2,213 (+19.2%)

Bayshore Gardens

Population

20,28718,324

Median household income

$43,290$50,896

Median home value

$96,400$160,700

Median gross rent

$977$1,324

Lakewood Ranch

Population

26,51339,434

Median household income

$111,645$123,471

Median home value

$456,600$626,500

Median gross rent

$1,856$2,213

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayshore Gardens	Lakewood Ranch
Under 5	3.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	8.9%	5.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.1%
65 to 74	14.2%	19.0%
75 and over	14.4%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayshore Gardens	Lakewood Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	58.7%	81.5%
Black or African American	9.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	25.8%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayshore Gardens	Lakewood Ranch
No high school diploma	14.4%	1.9%
High school graduate	38.3%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	27.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayshore Gardens	Lakewood Ranch
Drove alone	80.0%	60.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	5.9%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.1%	30.7%
Other means	2.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayshore Gardens	Lakewood Ranch
1-unit, detached	32.4%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	9.7%
20 or more units	14.8%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Bayshore Gardens	Lakewood Ranch
Poverty rate	15.4%	7.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1973	2012