North Sarasota vs Old Miakka

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

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

North Sarasota has the higher population (3,041 vs 1,398 in Old Miakka). Old Miakka has the higher median household income ($133,193 vs $73,099 in North Sarasota). Old Miakka has the higher median home value ($640,400 vs $223,900 in North Sarasota).

Population, income & housing

	North Sarasota	Old Miakka
Population	3,041	1,398
Median age	37.3 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,099	$133,193
Median home value	$223,900	$640,400
Median gross rent	$1,911	—
Housing units	1,233	589
Homeownership rate	61.4%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Sarasota	Old Miakka
Population	8,806 → 3,041 (-65.5%)	1,486 → 1,398 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$40,356 → $73,099 (+81.1%)	$87,738 → $133,193 (+51.8%)
Median home value	$127,600 → $223,900 (+75.5%)	$374,700 → $640,400 (+70.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,911 (+60.9%)	—

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

Old Miakka

Population

1,4861,398

Median household income

$87,738$133,193

Median home value

$374,700$640,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Sarasota	Old Miakka
Under 5	7.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	9.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	16.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	7.9%
35 to 44	17.1%	6.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	15.2%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	3.7%	13.9%
75 and over	4.6%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Sarasota	Old Miakka
White (non-Hispanic)	24.9%	89.8%
Black or African American	38.9%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	25.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Sarasota	Old Miakka
No high school diploma	27.3%	7.1%
High school graduate	29.3%	14.0%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Sarasota	Old Miakka
Drove alone	74.4%	64.5%
Carpooled	15.6%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	23.8%
Other means	1.8%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Sarasota	Old Miakka
1-unit, detached	93.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	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

	North Sarasota	Old Miakka
Poverty rate	13.8%	4.6%
Average household size	2.70	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1976	1986