Longboat Key vs South Bradenton

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

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

South Bradenton has the higher population (25,585 vs 7,512 in Longboat Key). Longboat Key has the higher median household income ($143,365 vs $47,914 in South Bradenton). Longboat Key has the higher median home value ($959,200 vs $149,600 in South Bradenton).

Population, income & housing

	Longboat Key	South Bradenton
Population	7,512	25,585
Median age	71.5 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$143,365	$47,914
Median home value	$959,200	$149,600
Median gross rent	$2,969	$1,230
Housing units	9,865	14,852
Homeownership rate	93.6%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longboat Key	South Bradenton
Population	7,283 → 7,512 (+3.1%)	25,227 → 25,585 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$114,762 → $143,365 (+24.9%)	$36,933 → $47,914 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$740,500 → $959,200 (+29.5%)	$83,900 → $149,600 (+78.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,625 → $2,969 (+82.7%)	$957 → $1,230 (+28.5%)

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

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)

	Longboat Key	South Bradenton
Under 5	0.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	0.7%	10.6%
18 to 24	0.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	0.9%	14.3%
35 to 44	3.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	5.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	21.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	29.9%	12.1%
75 and over	37.1%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longboat Key	South Bradenton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	56.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	28.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longboat Key	South Bradenton
No high school diploma	1.0%	16.5%
High school graduate	10.8%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	36.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longboat Key	South Bradenton
Drove alone	38.1%	75.7%
Carpooled	2.2%	13.1%
Public transit	3.4%	3.1%
Walked	3.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	43.2%	3.3%
Other means	9.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longboat Key	South Bradenton
1-unit, detached	21.9%	21.8%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	16.1%
20 or more units	44.4%	18.1%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Longboat Key	South Bradenton
Poverty rate	4.5%	16.9%
Average household size	1.80	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1979	1976