Bayshore Gardens vs Longboat Key

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

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

Bayshore Gardens has the higher population (18,324 vs 7,512 in Longboat Key). Longboat Key has the higher median household income ($143,365 vs $50,896 in Bayshore Gardens). Longboat Key has the higher median home value ($959,200 vs $160,700 in Bayshore Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Bayshore Gardens	Longboat Key
Population	18,324	7,512
Median age	47.7 yrs	71.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,896	$143,365
Median home value	$160,700	$959,200
Median gross rent	$1,324	$2,969
Housing units	10,061	9,865
Homeownership rate	68.5%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	68.9%
Unemployment rate	13.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayshore Gardens	Longboat Key
Population	20,287 → 18,324 (-9.7%)	7,283 → 7,512 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$43,290 → $50,896 (+17.6%)	$114,762 → $143,365 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$96,400 → $160,700 (+66.7%)	$740,500 → $959,200 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$977 → $1,324 (+35.5%)	$1,625 → $2,969 (+82.7%)

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

Longboat Key

Population

7,2837,512

Median household income

$114,762$143,365

Median home value

$740,500$959,200

Median gross rent

$1,625$2,969

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayshore Gardens	Longboat Key
Under 5	3.6%	0.4%
5 to 17	14.7%	0.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	0.2%
25 to 34	8.9%	0.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	3.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	5.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	21.8%
65 to 74	14.2%	29.9%
75 and over	14.4%	37.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayshore Gardens	Longboat Key
White (non-Hispanic)	58.7%	93.4%
Black or African American	9.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	25.8%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayshore Gardens	Longboat Key
No high school diploma	14.4%	1.0%
High school graduate	38.3%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	36.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayshore Gardens	Longboat Key
Drove alone	80.0%	38.1%
Carpooled	8.8%	2.2%
Public transit	1.2%	3.4%
Walked	3.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	43.2%
Other means	2.8%	9.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayshore Gardens	Longboat Key
1-unit, detached	32.4%	21.9%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	21.8%
20 or more units	14.8%	44.4%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Bayshore Gardens	Longboat Key
Poverty rate	15.4%	4.5%
Average household size	2.31	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1973	1979