Lake Sarasota vs Plantation

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

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

Plantation has the higher population (4,483 vs 3,802 in Lake Sarasota). Lake Sarasota has the higher median household income ($98,689 vs $77,873 in Plantation). Plantation has the higher median home value ($383,000 vs $337,700 in Lake Sarasota).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Sarasota	Plantation
Population	3,802	4,483
Median age	36.1 yrs	72.4 yrs
Median household income	$98,689	$77,873
Median home value	$337,700	$383,000
Median gross rent	$1,858	$1,866
Housing units	1,379	3,794
Homeownership rate	70.3%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	46.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Sarasota	Plantation
Population	4,749 → 3,802 (-19.9%)	5,026 → 4,483 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$81,081 → $98,689 (+21.7%)	$66,344 → $77,873 (+17.4%)
Median home value	$234,100 → $337,700 (+44.3%)	$277,800 → $383,000 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,592 → $1,858 (+16.7%)	$1,455 → $1,866 (+28.2%)

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

Plantation

Population

5,0264,483

Median household income

$66,344$77,873

Median home value

$277,800$383,000

Median gross rent

$1,455$1,866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Sarasota	Plantation
Under 5	9.7%	0.1%
5 to 17	14.1%	3.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	1.0%
25 to 34	17.3%	3.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	2.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	2.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	30.1%
75 and over	4.7%	43.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Sarasota	Plantation
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	95.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Sarasota	Plantation
No high school diploma	8.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	34.8%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Sarasota	Plantation
Drove alone	76.7%	68.8%
Carpooled	16.8%	1.5%
Public transit	0.5%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	23.5%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Sarasota	Plantation
1-unit, detached	93.8%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	14.5%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lake Sarasota	Plantation
Poverty rate	8.3%	3.4%
Average household size	2.86	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1984	1993