Gulf Gate vs Sarasota Springs

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

Gulf Gate 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 8,317 in Gulf Gate). Sarasota Springs has the higher median household income ($89,646 vs $64,724 in Gulf Gate). Gulf Gate has the higher median home value ($344,500 vs $310,400 in Sarasota Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Gulf Gate	Sarasota Springs
Population	8,317	12,669
Median age	51.3 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,724	$89,646
Median home value	$344,500	$310,400
Median gross rent	$1,661	$2,050
Housing units	4,684	5,198
Homeownership rate	61.2%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gulf Gate	Sarasota Springs
Population	8,521 → 8,317 (-2.4%)	15,854 → 12,669 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$53,036 → $64,724 (+22.0%)	$65,222 → $89,646 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$260,400 → $344,500 (+32.3%)	$207,300 → $310,400 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,661 (+35.3%)	$1,396 → $2,050 (+46.8%)

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

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)

	Gulf Gate	Sarasota Springs
Under 5	1.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	17.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	12.3%
75 and over	15.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gulf Gate	Sarasota Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	76.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gulf Gate	Sarasota Springs
No high school diploma	3.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	32.3%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gulf Gate	Sarasota Springs
Drove alone	77.1%	76.1%
Carpooled	5.4%	10.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.1%
Walked	4.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.3%	10.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gulf Gate	Sarasota Springs
1-unit, detached	63.0%	94.7%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.6%
20 or more units	10.5%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Gulf Gate	Sarasota Springs
Poverty rate	12.2%	11.4%
Average household size	1.94	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1973	1976