Fruitville vs Sarasota Springs

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

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

Fruitville has the higher population (15,828 vs 12,669 in Sarasota Springs). Sarasota Springs has the higher median household income ($89,646 vs $86,500 in Fruitville). Fruitville has the higher median home value ($379,600 vs $310,400 in Sarasota Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitville	Sarasota Springs
Population	15,828	12,669
Median age	46.6 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$86,500	$89,646
Median home value	$379,600	$310,400
Median gross rent	$1,882	$2,050
Housing units	7,785	5,198
Homeownership rate	61.0%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitville	Sarasota Springs
Population	14,068 → 15,828 (+12.5%)	15,854 → 12,669 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$75,693 → $86,500 (+14.3%)	$65,222 → $89,646 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$258,700 → $379,600 (+46.7%)	$207,300 → $310,400 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,501 → $1,882 (+25.4%)	$1,396 → $2,050 (+46.8%)

Fruitville

Population

14,06815,828

Median household income

$75,693$86,500

Median home value

$258,700$379,600

Median gross rent

$1,501$1,882

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)

	Fruitville	Sarasota Springs
Under 5	5.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	11.5%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	12.3%
75 and over	12.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitville	Sarasota Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	76.2%
Black or African American	2.2%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitville	Sarasota Springs
No high school diploma	7.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	25.2%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitville	Sarasota Springs
Drove alone	79.2%	76.1%
Carpooled	6.2%	10.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.4%	10.7%
Other means	0.7%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitville	Sarasota Springs
1-unit, detached	64.2%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	0.6%
20 or more units	17.6%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Fruitville	Sarasota Springs
Poverty rate	7.9%	11.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	24	23
Median year structure built	1989	1976