Nokomis vs North Sarasota

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

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

Nokomis has the higher population (3,391 vs 3,041 in North Sarasota). North Sarasota has the higher median household income ($73,099 vs $41,333 in Nokomis). Nokomis has the higher median home value ($225,100 vs $223,900 in North Sarasota).

Population, income & housing

	Nokomis	North Sarasota
Population	3,391	3,041
Median age	56.5 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,333	$73,099
Median home value	$225,100	$223,900
Median gross rent	$1,210	$1,911
Housing units	2,196	1,233
Homeownership rate	73.7%	61.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nokomis	North Sarasota
Population	3,355 → 3,391 (+1.1%)	8,806 → 3,041 (-65.5%)
Median household income	$52,710 → $41,333 (-21.6%)	$40,356 → $73,099 (+81.1%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $225,100 (+47.0%)	$127,600 → $223,900 (+75.5%)
Median gross rent	$864 → $1,210 (+40.0%)	$1,188 → $1,911 (+60.9%)

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

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)

	Nokomis	North Sarasota
Under 5	2.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	7.8%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.7%
35 to 44	4.9%	17.1%
45 to 54	17.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	20.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	17.0%	3.7%
75 and over	14.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nokomis	North Sarasota
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	24.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	38.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	6.4%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	25.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nokomis	North Sarasota
No high school diploma	10.5%	27.3%
High school graduate	41.2%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nokomis	North Sarasota
Drove alone	65.9%	74.4%
Carpooled	17.8%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	11.2%	5.1%
Other means	3.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nokomis	North Sarasota
1-unit, detached	52.2%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	42.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nokomis	North Sarasota
Poverty rate	11.9%	13.8%
Average household size	1.88	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1978	1976