Longboat Key vs Palmetto

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

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

Palmetto has the higher population (13,449 vs 7,512 in Longboat Key). Longboat Key has the higher median household income ($143,365 vs $61,538 in Palmetto). Longboat Key has the higher median home value ($959,200 vs $256,700 in Palmetto).

Population, income & housing

	Longboat Key	Palmetto
Population	7,512	13,449
Median age	71.5 yrs	52.8 yrs
Median household income	$143,365	$61,538
Median home value	$959,200	$256,700
Median gross rent	$2,969	$1,286
Housing units	9,865	7,222
Homeownership rate	93.6%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longboat Key	Palmetto
Population	7,283 → 7,512 (+3.1%)	13,611 → 13,449 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$114,762 → $143,365 (+24.9%)	$48,301 → $61,538 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$740,500 → $959,200 (+29.5%)	$156,700 → $256,700 (+63.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,625 → $2,969 (+82.7%)	$938 → $1,286 (+37.1%)

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

Palmetto

Population

13,61113,449

Median household income

$48,301$61,538

Median home value

$156,700$256,700

Median gross rent

$938$1,286

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Longboat Key	Palmetto
Under 5	0.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	0.7%	12.7%
18 to 24	0.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	0.9%	8.9%
35 to 44	3.9%	9.4%
45 to 54	5.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	21.8%	17.8%
65 to 74	29.9%	15.3%
75 and over	37.1%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longboat Key	Palmetto
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	63.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longboat Key	Palmetto
No high school diploma	1.0%	11.0%
High school graduate	10.8%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	36.6%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longboat Key	Palmetto
Drove alone	38.1%	70.5%
Carpooled	2.2%	13.4%
Public transit	3.4%	0.2%
Walked	3.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	43.2%	12.7%
Other means	9.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longboat Key	Palmetto
1-unit, detached	21.9%	37.0%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	5.5%
20 or more units	44.4%	18.7%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	30.0%

Poverty & households

	Longboat Key	Palmetto
Poverty rate	4.5%	14.1%
Average household size	1.80	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1979	1980