Longboat Key vs Whitfield

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

Longboat Key and Whitfield 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 4,745 in Whitfield). Longboat Key has the higher median household income ($143,365 vs $102,200 in Whitfield). Longboat Key has the higher median home value ($959,200 vs $415,200 in Whitfield).

Population, income & housing

	Longboat Key	Whitfield
Population	7,512	4,745
Median age	71.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$143,365	$102,200
Median home value	$959,200	$415,200
Median gross rent	$2,969	$2,059
Housing units	9,865	1,873
Homeownership rate	93.6%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longboat Key	Whitfield
Population	7,283 → 7,512 (+3.1%)	3,743 → 4,745 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$114,762 → $143,365 (+24.9%)	$85,391 → $102,200 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$740,500 → $959,200 (+29.5%)	$261,000 → $415,200 (+59.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,625 → $2,969 (+82.7%)	$1,042 → $2,059 (+97.6%)

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

Whitfield

Population

3,7434,745

Median household income

$85,391$102,200

Median home value

$261,000$415,200

Median gross rent

$1,042$2,059

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Longboat Key	Whitfield
Under 5	0.4%	10.3%
5 to 17	0.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	0.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	0.9%	9.7%
35 to 44	3.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	5.1%	16.8%
55 to 64	21.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	29.9%	8.4%
75 and over	37.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longboat Key	Whitfield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	70.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longboat Key	Whitfield
No high school diploma	1.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	10.8%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	36.6%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longboat Key	Whitfield
Drove alone	38.1%	72.3%
Carpooled	2.2%	6.7%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	43.2%	18.6%
Other means	9.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longboat Key	Whitfield
1-unit, detached	21.9%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	0.5%
20 or more units	44.4%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Longboat Key	Whitfield
Poverty rate	4.5%	8.7%
Average household size	1.80	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1979	1970