Lake Sarasota vs Nokomis

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

Lake Sarasota and Nokomis 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 3,391 in Nokomis). Lake Sarasota has the higher median household income ($98,689 vs $41,333 in Nokomis). Lake Sarasota has the higher median home value ($337,700 vs $225,100 in Nokomis).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Sarasota	Nokomis
Population	3,802	3,391
Median age	36.1 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$98,689	$41,333
Median home value	$337,700	$225,100
Median gross rent	$1,858	$1,210
Housing units	1,379	2,196
Homeownership rate	70.3%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Sarasota	Nokomis
Population	4,749 → 3,802 (-19.9%)	3,355 → 3,391 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$81,081 → $98,689 (+21.7%)	$52,710 → $41,333 (-21.6%)
Median home value	$234,100 → $337,700 (+44.3%)	$153,100 → $225,100 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,592 → $1,858 (+16.7%)	$864 → $1,210 (+40.0%)

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

Nokomis

Population

3,3553,391

Median household income

$52,710$41,333

Median home value

$153,100$225,100

Median gross rent

$864$1,210

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Sarasota	Nokomis
Under 5	9.7%	2.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	7.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	17.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	4.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	17.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	20.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	17.0%
75 and over	4.7%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Sarasota	Nokomis
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	80.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Sarasota	Nokomis
No high school diploma	8.9%	10.5%
High school graduate	34.8%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Sarasota	Nokomis
Drove alone	76.7%	65.9%
Carpooled	16.8%	17.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Sarasota	Nokomis
1-unit, detached	93.8%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	42.3%

Poverty & households

	Lake Sarasota	Nokomis
Poverty rate	8.3%	11.9%
Average household size	2.86	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1984	1978