Bee Ridge vs Sarasota Springs

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

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

Sarasota Springs has the higher population (12,669 vs 9,921 in Bee Ridge). Sarasota Springs has the higher median household income ($89,646 vs $79,375 in Bee Ridge). Bee Ridge has the higher median home value ($370,400 vs $310,400 in Sarasota Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Bee Ridge	Sarasota Springs
Population	9,921	12,669
Median age	55.3 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,375	$89,646
Median home value	$370,400	$310,400
Median gross rent	$1,833	$2,050
Housing units	4,991	5,198
Homeownership rate	78.9%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.2%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bee Ridge	Sarasota Springs
Population	9,958 → 9,921 (-0.4%)	15,854 → 12,669 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$65,508 → $79,375 (+21.2%)	$65,222 → $89,646 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$245,600 → $370,400 (+50.8%)	$207,300 → $310,400 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,394 → $1,833 (+31.5%)	$1,396 → $2,050 (+46.8%)

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

Sarasota Springs

Population

15,85412,669

Median household income

$65,222$89,646

Median home value

$207,300$310,400

Median gross rent

$1,396$2,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bee Ridge	Sarasota Springs
Under 5	3.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	11.6%	19.8%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	16.1%	12.3%
75 and over	19.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bee Ridge	Sarasota Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	76.2%
Black or African American	2.8%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bee Ridge	Sarasota Springs
No high school diploma	4.5%	7.4%
High school graduate	27.3%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bee Ridge	Sarasota Springs
Drove alone	81.2%	76.1%
Carpooled	4.8%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.3%	10.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bee Ridge	Sarasota Springs
1-unit, detached	58.6%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	20.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.6%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Bee Ridge	Sarasota Springs
Poverty rate	7.1%	11.4%
Average household size	2.13	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1988	1976