Bradenton vs Lakewood Ranch

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

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

Bradenton has the higher population (56,289 vs 39,434 in Lakewood Ranch). Lakewood Ranch has the higher median household income ($123,471 vs $60,964 in Bradenton). Lakewood Ranch has the higher median home value ($626,500 vs $282,500 in Bradenton).

Population, income & housing

	Bradenton	Lakewood Ranch
Population	56,289	39,434
Median age	45.5 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,964	$123,471
Median home value	$282,500	$626,500
Median gross rent	$1,475	$2,213
Housing units	29,124	18,365
Homeownership rate	57.6%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	59.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradenton	Lakewood Ranch
Population	56,551 → 56,289 (-0.5%)	26,513 → 39,434 (+48.7%)
Median household income	$46,776 → $60,964 (+30.3%)	$111,645 → $123,471 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$169,800 → $282,500 (+66.4%)	$456,600 → $626,500 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,475 (+32.1%)	$1,856 → $2,213 (+19.2%)

Bradenton

Population

56,55156,289

Median household income

$46,776$60,964

Median home value

$169,800$282,500

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,475

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)

	Bradenton	Lakewood Ranch
Under 5	6.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.8%	13.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	5.9%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.9%	19.0%
75 and over	13.0%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradenton	Lakewood Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	81.5%
Black or African American	13.5%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.8%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.7%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradenton	Lakewood Ranch
No high school diploma	11.3%	1.9%
High school graduate	31.3%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	27.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradenton	Lakewood Ranch
Drove alone	72.0%	60.4%
Carpooled	11.9%	5.9%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.3%	30.7%
Other means	2.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradenton	Lakewood Ranch
1-unit, detached	43.8%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	18.9%	9.7%
20 or more units	17.2%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Bradenton	Lakewood Ranch
Poverty rate	14.2%	7.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1983	2012