Bee Ridge vs Gulf Gate

A side-by-side comparison of Bee Ridge and Gulf Gate: population, income, housing, and more.

Bee Ridge and Gulf Gate are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bee Ridge has the higher population (9,921 vs 8,317 in Gulf Gate). Bee Ridge has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $64,724 in Gulf Gate). Bee Ridge has the higher median home value ($370,400 vs $344,500 in Gulf Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Bee Ridge	Gulf Gate
Population	9,921	8,317
Median age	55.3 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$79,375	$64,724
Median home value	$370,400	$344,500
Median gross rent	$1,833	$1,661
Housing units	4,991	4,684
Homeownership rate	78.9%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.2%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bee Ridge	Gulf Gate
Population	9,958 → 9,921 (-0.4%)	8,521 → 8,317 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$65,508 → $79,375 (+21.2%)	$53,036 → $64,724 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$245,600 → $370,400 (+50.8%)	$260,400 → $344,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,394 → $1,833 (+31.5%)	$1,228 → $1,661 (+35.3%)

Bee Ridge

Population

9,9589,921

Median household income

$65,508$79,375

Median home value

$245,600$370,400

Median gross rent

$1,394$1,833

Gulf Gate

Population

8,5218,317

Median household income

$53,036$64,724

Median home value

$260,400$344,500

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bee Ridge	Gulf Gate
Under 5	3.3%	1.7%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.8%	12.0%
35 to 44	8.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	16.0%	17.5%
65 to 74	16.1%	14.0%
75 and over	19.0%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bee Ridge	Gulf Gate
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	92.4%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bee Ridge	Gulf Gate
No high school diploma	4.5%	3.7%
High school graduate	27.3%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bee Ridge	Gulf Gate
Drove alone	81.2%	77.1%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.3%	10.3%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bee Ridge	Gulf Gate
1-unit, detached	58.6%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	20.1%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	8.7%
20 or more units	8.9%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Bee Ridge	Gulf Gate
Poverty rate	7.1%	12.2%
Average household size	2.13	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1988	1973