Lake Sarasota vs North Sarasota

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

Lake Sarasota and North 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 3,041 in North Sarasota). Lake Sarasota has the higher median household income ($98,689 vs $73,099 in North Sarasota). Lake Sarasota has the higher median home value ($337,700 vs $223,900 in North Sarasota).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Sarasota	North Sarasota
Population	3,802	3,041
Median age	36.1 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$98,689	$73,099
Median home value	$337,700	$223,900
Median gross rent	$1,858	$1,911
Housing units	1,379	1,233
Homeownership rate	70.3%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Sarasota	North Sarasota
Population	4,749 → 3,802 (-19.9%)	8,806 → 3,041 (-65.5%)
Median household income	$81,081 → $98,689 (+21.7%)	$40,356 → $73,099 (+81.1%)
Median home value	$234,100 → $337,700 (+44.3%)	$127,600 → $223,900 (+75.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,592 → $1,858 (+16.7%)	$1,188 → $1,911 (+60.9%)

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

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)

	Lake Sarasota	North Sarasota
Under 5	9.7%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	17.3%	8.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	17.1%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	15.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	3.7%
75 and over	4.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Sarasota	North Sarasota
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	24.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	38.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.4%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	25.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Sarasota	North Sarasota
No high school diploma	8.9%	27.3%
High school graduate	34.8%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Sarasota	North Sarasota
Drove alone	76.7%	74.4%
Carpooled	16.8%	15.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	6.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Sarasota	North Sarasota
1-unit, detached	93.8%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Sarasota	North Sarasota
Poverty rate	8.3%	13.8%
Average household size	2.86	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1984	1976