North Port vs Sarasota

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

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

North Port has the higher population (80,512 vs 56,218 in Sarasota). North Port has the higher median household income ($81,940 vs $70,065 in Sarasota). Sarasota has the higher median home value ($409,700 vs $328,700 in North Port).

Population, income & housing

	North Port	Sarasota
Population	80,512	56,218
Median age	48.6 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,940	$70,065
Median home value	$328,700	$409,700
Median gross rent	$1,738	$1,514
Housing units	36,401	32,123
Homeownership rate	81.2%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Port	Sarasota
Population	66,410 → 80,512 (+21.2%)	56,919 → 56,218 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$62,097 → $81,940 (+32.0%)	$53,669 → $70,065 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$188,700 → $328,700 (+74.2%)	$268,400 → $409,700 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,234 → $1,738 (+40.8%)	$1,134 → $1,514 (+33.5%)

North Port

Population

66,41080,512

Median household income

$62,097$81,940

Median home value

$188,700$328,700

Median gross rent

$1,234$1,738

Sarasota

Population

56,91956,218

Median household income

$53,669$70,065

Median home value

$268,400$409,700

Median gross rent

$1,134$1,514

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Port	Sarasota
Under 5	4.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	14.3%	11.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	17.0%	14.6%
75 and over	10.3%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Port	Sarasota
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	63.8%
Black or African American	4.5%	15.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Port	Sarasota
No high school diploma	7.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	28.7%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Port	Sarasota
Drove alone	76.3%	72.1%
Carpooled	10.8%	8.9%
Public transit	0.3%	1.4%
Walked	1.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.1%
Worked from home	10.4%	12.8%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Port	Sarasota
1-unit, detached	79.6%	39.5%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	13.3%
20 or more units	2.5%	27.9%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	North Port	Sarasota
Poverty rate	6.6%	14.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	2004	1976