Lake Sarasota vs Venice Gardens

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

Lake Sarasota and Venice Gardens 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 3,246 in Venice Gardens). Lake Sarasota has the higher median household income ($98,689 vs $71,000 in Venice Gardens). Lake Sarasota has the higher median home value ($337,700 vs $315,700 in Venice Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Sarasota	Venice Gardens
Population	3,802	3,246
Median age	36.1 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$98,689	$71,000
Median home value	$337,700	$315,700
Median gross rent	$1,858	$1,432
Housing units	1,379	1,678
Homeownership rate	70.3%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Sarasota	Venice Gardens
Population	4,749 → 3,802 (-19.9%)	8,171 → 3,246 (-60.3%)
Median household income	$81,081 → $98,689 (+21.7%)	$54,250 → $71,000 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$234,100 → $337,700 (+44.3%)	$211,600 → $315,700 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,592 → $1,858 (+16.7%)	$1,264 → $1,432 (+13.3%)

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

Venice Gardens

Population

8,1713,246

Median household income

$54,250$71,000

Median home value

$211,600$315,700

Median gross rent

$1,264$1,432

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Sarasota	Venice Gardens
Under 5	9.7%	2.2%
5 to 17	14.1%	16.9%
18 to 24	6.5%	1.4%
25 to 34	17.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	7.6%
55 to 64	11.5%	19.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	18.2%
75 and over	4.7%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Sarasota	Venice Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	88.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Sarasota	Venice Gardens
No high school diploma	8.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	34.8%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Sarasota	Venice Gardens
Drove alone	76.7%	77.2%
Carpooled	16.8%	10.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	6.0%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Sarasota	Venice Gardens
1-unit, detached	93.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
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	Venice Gardens
Poverty rate	8.3%	6.9%
Average household size	2.86	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1984	1968