Bradenton Beach vs Whitfield

A side-by-side comparison of Bradenton Beach and Whitfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Bradenton Beach and Whitfield are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Whitfield has the higher population (4,745 vs 777 in Bradenton Beach). Whitfield has the higher median household income ($102,200 vs $72,891 in Bradenton Beach). Bradenton Beach has the higher median home value ($469,300 vs $415,200 in Whitfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bradenton Beach	Whitfield
Population	777	4,745
Median age	68.9 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,891	$102,200
Median home value	$469,300	$415,200
Median gross rent	$1,336	$2,059
Housing units	1,900	1,873
Homeownership rate	87.2%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.8%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradenton Beach	Whitfield
Population	836 → 777 (-7.1%)	3,743 → 4,745 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$59,167 → $72,891 (+23.2%)	$85,391 → $102,200 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$369,700 → $469,300 (+26.9%)	$261,000 → $415,200 (+59.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,214 → $1,336 (+10.0%)	$1,042 → $2,059 (+97.6%)

Bradenton Beach

Population

836777

Median household income

$59,167$72,891

Median home value

$369,700$469,300

Median gross rent

$1,214$1,336

Whitfield

Population

3,7434,745

Median household income

$85,391$102,200

Median home value

$261,000$415,200

Median gross rent

$1,042$2,059

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradenton Beach	Whitfield
Under 5	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 17	3.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	5.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	4.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	4.5%	16.8%
55 to 64	19.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	34.9%	8.4%
75 and over	27.0%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradenton Beach	Whitfield
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	70.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradenton Beach	Whitfield
No high school diploma	4.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	22.0%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.6%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradenton Beach	Whitfield
Drove alone	53.8%	72.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	6.7%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.4%	1.4%
Worked from home	29.5%	18.6%
Other means	2.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradenton Beach	Whitfield
1-unit, detached	17.9%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	24.5%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	23.5%	0.5%
20 or more units	17.1%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bradenton Beach	Whitfield
Poverty rate	8.6%	8.7%
Average household size	1.63	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	38	27
Median year structure built	1973	1970