Kensington Park vs North Sarasota

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

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

Kensington Park has the higher population (3,561 vs 3,041 in North Sarasota). Kensington Park has the higher median household income ($80,139 vs $73,099 in North Sarasota). Kensington Park has the higher median home value ($291,700 vs $223,900 in North Sarasota).

Population, income & housing

	Kensington Park	North Sarasota
Population	3,561	3,041
Median age	43.7 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,139	$73,099
Median home value	$291,700	$223,900
Median gross rent	$1,289	$1,911
Housing units	1,392	1,233
Homeownership rate	72.3%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kensington Park	North Sarasota
Population	4,407 → 3,561 (-19.2%)	8,806 → 3,041 (-65.5%)
Median household income	$48,218 → $80,139 (+66.2%)	$40,356 → $73,099 (+81.1%)
Median home value	$174,400 → $291,700 (+67.3%)	$127,600 → $223,900 (+75.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,380 → $1,289 (-6.6%)	$1,188 → $1,911 (+60.9%)

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

North Sarasota

Population

8,8063,041

Median household income

$40,356$73,099

Median home value

$127,600$223,900

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,911

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kensington Park	North Sarasota
Under 5	4.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	13.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	11.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	8.7%
35 to 44	9.2%	17.1%
45 to 54	17.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	3.7%
75 and over	6.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kensington Park	North Sarasota
White (non-Hispanic)	46.6%	24.9%
Black or African American	2.7%	38.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	1.5%
Two or more races	4.9%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	43.9%	25.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kensington Park	North Sarasota
No high school diploma	9.1%	27.3%
High school graduate	41.4%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kensington Park	North Sarasota
Drove alone	77.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	14.8%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	5.4%	5.1%
Other means	2.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kensington Park	North Sarasota
1-unit, detached	94.5%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
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	North Sarasota
Poverty rate	6.3%	13.8%
Average household size	2.74	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1965	1976