Gulf Gate vs Siesta Key

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

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

Gulf Gate has the higher population (8,317 vs 5,690 in Siesta Key). Siesta Key has the higher median household income ($119,427 vs $64,724 in Gulf Gate). Siesta Key has the higher median home value ($954,300 vs $344,500 in Gulf Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Gulf Gate	Siesta Key
Population	8,317	5,690
Median age	51.3 yrs	66.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,724	$119,427
Median home value	$344,500	$954,300
Median gross rent	$1,661	$2,761
Housing units	4,684	7,894
Homeownership rate	61.2%	92.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	65.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gulf Gate	Siesta Key
Population	8,521 → 8,317 (-2.4%)	5,573 → 5,690 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$53,036 → $64,724 (+22.0%)	$102,143 → $119,427 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$260,400 → $344,500 (+32.3%)	$715,000 → $954,300 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,661 (+35.3%)	$1,730 → $2,761 (+59.6%)

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

Siesta Key

Population

5,5735,690

Median household income

$102,143$119,427

Median home value

$715,000$954,300

Median gross rent

$1,730$2,761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gulf Gate	Siesta Key
Under 5	1.7%	1.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	6.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	1.7%
25 to 34	12.0%	2.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	3.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	7.7%
55 to 64	17.5%	25.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	22.8%
75 and over	15.3%	29.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gulf Gate	Siesta Key
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	92.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gulf Gate	Siesta Key
No high school diploma	3.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	32.3%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	31.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gulf Gate	Siesta Key
Drove alone	77.1%	49.5%
Carpooled	5.4%	3.6%
Public transit	0.9%	1.2%
Walked	4.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.9%
Worked from home	10.3%	36.2%
Other means	1.3%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gulf Gate	Siesta Key
1-unit, detached	63.0%	28.9%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	8.9%
20 or more units	10.5%	44.6%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Gulf Gate	Siesta Key
Poverty rate	12.2%	7.6%
Average household size	1.94	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	20	34
Median year structure built	1973	1975