Ellenton vs Longboat Key

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

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

Longboat Key has the higher population (7,512 vs 5,454 in Ellenton). Longboat Key has the higher median household income ($143,365 vs $69,191 in Ellenton). Longboat Key has the higher median home value ($959,200 vs $278,100 in Ellenton).

Population, income & housing

	Ellenton	Longboat Key
Population	5,454	7,512
Median age	44.3 yrs	71.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,191	$143,365
Median home value	$278,100	$959,200
Median gross rent	$1,600	$2,969
Housing units	2,083	9,865
Homeownership rate	66.5%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	68.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellenton	Longboat Key
Population	4,192 → 5,454 (+30.1%)	7,283 → 7,512 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$56,937 → $69,191 (+21.5%)	$114,762 → $143,365 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $278,100 (+129.6%)	$740,500 → $959,200 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,600 (+80.4%)	$1,625 → $2,969 (+82.7%)

Ellenton

Population

4,1925,454

Median household income

$56,937$69,191

Median home value

$121,100$278,100

Median gross rent

$887$1,600

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)

	Ellenton	Longboat Key
Under 5	4.5%	0.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	0.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	0.2%
25 to 34	4.2%	0.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	3.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	5.1%
55 to 64	10.3%	21.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	29.9%
75 and over	14.2%	37.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellenton	Longboat Key
White (non-Hispanic)	53.2%	93.4%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	38.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellenton	Longboat Key
No high school diploma	6.1%	1.0%
High school graduate	46.5%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	19.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	36.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellenton	Longboat Key
Drove alone	62.1%	38.1%
Carpooled	22.4%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	4.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	43.2%
Other means	0.0%	9.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellenton	Longboat Key
1-unit, detached	61.6%	21.9%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	21.8%
20 or more units	1.7%	44.4%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Ellenton	Longboat Key
Poverty rate	9.1%	4.5%
Average household size	2.82	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1988	1979