Bee Ridge vs Osprey

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

Bee Ridge and Osprey 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 5,790 in Osprey). Osprey has the higher median household income ($94,815 vs $79,375 in Bee Ridge). Osprey has the higher median home value ($680,200 vs $370,400 in Bee Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Bee Ridge	Osprey
Population	9,921	5,790
Median age	55.3 yrs	64.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,375	$94,815
Median home value	$370,400	$680,200
Median gross rent	$1,833	$2,008
Housing units	4,991	3,675
Homeownership rate	78.9%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.2%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bee Ridge	Osprey
Population	9,958 → 9,921 (-0.4%)	6,931 → 5,790 (-16.5%)
Median household income	$65,508 → $79,375 (+21.2%)	$84,848 → $94,815 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$245,600 → $370,400 (+50.8%)	$456,300 → $680,200 (+49.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,394 → $1,833 (+31.5%)	$1,226 → $2,008 (+63.8%)

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

Osprey

Population

6,9315,790

Median household income

$84,848$94,815

Median home value

$456,300$680,200

Median gross rent

$1,226$2,008

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bee Ridge	Osprey
Under 5	3.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	11.6%	8.3%
18 to 24	3.5%	2.5%
25 to 34	9.8%	5.4%
35 to 44	8.3%	5.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	7.9%
55 to 64	16.0%	19.4%
65 to 74	16.1%	27.9%
75 and over	19.0%	20.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bee Ridge	Osprey
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	89.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bee Ridge	Osprey
No high school diploma	4.5%	3.3%
High school graduate	27.3%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bee Ridge	Osprey
Drove alone	81.2%	63.4%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.9%
Worked from home	13.3%	22.1%
Other means	0.7%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bee Ridge	Osprey
1-unit, detached	58.6%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	20.1%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	11.7%
20 or more units	8.9%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Bee Ridge	Osprey
Poverty rate	7.1%	9.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1988	1999