Kensington Park vs Lake Sarasota

A side-by-side comparison of Kensington Park and Lake Sarasota: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Sarasota has the higher population (3,802 vs 3,561 in Kensington Park). Lake Sarasota has the higher median household income ($98,689 vs $80,139 in Kensington Park). Lake Sarasota has the higher median home value ($337,700 vs $291,700 in Kensington Park).

Population, income & housing

	Kensington Park	Lake Sarasota
Population	3,561	3,802
Median age	43.7 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,139	$98,689
Median home value	$291,700	$337,700
Median gross rent	$1,289	$1,858
Housing units	1,392	1,379
Homeownership rate	72.3%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	28.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kensington Park	Lake Sarasota
Population	4,407 → 3,561 (-19.2%)	4,749 → 3,802 (-19.9%)
Median household income	$48,218 → $80,139 (+66.2%)	$81,081 → $98,689 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$174,400 → $291,700 (+67.3%)	$234,100 → $337,700 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,380 → $1,289 (-6.6%)	$1,592 → $1,858 (+16.7%)

Kensington Park

Population

4,4073,561

Median household income

$48,218$80,139

Median home value

$174,400$291,700

Median gross rent

$1,380$1,289

Lake Sarasota

Population

4,7493,802

Median household income

$81,081$98,689

Median home value

$234,100$337,700

Median gross rent

$1,592$1,858

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kensington Park	Lake Sarasota
Under 5	4.9%	9.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	14.1%
18 to 24	11.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.6%	17.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	17.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	11.1%
75 and over	6.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kensington Park	Lake Sarasota
White (non-Hispanic)	46.6%	89.5%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	43.9%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kensington Park	Lake Sarasota
No high school diploma	9.1%	8.9%
High school graduate	41.4%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kensington Park	Lake Sarasota
Drove alone	77.2%	76.7%
Carpooled	14.8%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	6.0%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kensington Park	Lake Sarasota
1-unit, detached	94.5%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kensington Park	Lake Sarasota
Poverty rate	6.3%	8.3%
Average household size	2.74	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1965	1984