Lakewood Ranch vs South Bradenton

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

Lakewood Ranch and South Bradenton 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 25,585 in South Bradenton). Lakewood Ranch has the higher median household income ($123,471 vs $47,914 in South Bradenton). Lakewood Ranch has the higher median home value ($626,500 vs $149,600 in South Bradenton).

Population, income & housing

	Lakewood Ranch	South Bradenton
Population	39,434	25,585
Median age	52.5 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$123,471	$47,914
Median home value	$626,500	$149,600
Median gross rent	$2,213	$1,230
Housing units	18,365	14,852
Homeownership rate	81.8%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.1%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakewood Ranch	South Bradenton
Population	26,513 → 39,434 (+48.7%)	25,227 → 25,585 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$111,645 → $123,471 (+10.6%)	$36,933 → $47,914 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$456,600 → $626,500 (+37.2%)	$83,900 → $149,600 (+78.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,856 → $2,213 (+19.2%)	$957 → $1,230 (+28.5%)

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

South Bradenton

Population

25,22725,585

Median household income

$36,933$47,914

Median home value

$83,900$149,600

Median gross rent

$957$1,230

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakewood Ranch	South Bradenton
Under 5	4.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.3%	10.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	5.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	19.0%	12.1%
75 and over	12.3%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakewood Ranch	South Bradenton
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	56.5%
Black or African American	2.2%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	28.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakewood Ranch	South Bradenton
No high school diploma	1.9%	16.5%
High school graduate	12.5%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.2%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakewood Ranch	South Bradenton
Drove alone	60.4%	75.7%
Carpooled	5.9%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	3.1%
Walked	1.4%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	30.7%	3.3%
Other means	1.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakewood Ranch	South Bradenton
1-unit, detached	71.3%	21.8%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	16.1%
20 or more units	8.9%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Lakewood Ranch	South Bradenton
Poverty rate	7.7%	16.9%
Average household size	2.57	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	2012	1976