North Sarasota vs Vamo

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

North Sarasota and Vamo 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 2,845 in Vamo). Vamo has the higher median household income ($85,094 vs $73,099 in North Sarasota). Vamo has the higher median home value ($309,900 vs $223,900 in North Sarasota).

Population, income & housing

	North Sarasota	Vamo
Population	3,041	2,845
Median age	37.3 yrs	74.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,099	$85,094
Median home value	$223,900	$309,900
Median gross rent	$1,911	$3,501
Housing units	1,233	1,992
Homeownership rate	61.4%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	57.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Sarasota	Vamo
Population	8,806 → 3,041 (-65.5%)	4,564 → 2,845 (-37.7%)
Median household income	$40,356 → $73,099 (+81.1%)	$55,482 → $85,094 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$127,600 → $223,900 (+75.5%)	$232,900 → $309,900 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,911 (+60.9%)	$1,359 → $3,501 (+157.6%)

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

Vamo

Population

4,5642,845

Median household income

$55,482$85,094

Median home value

$232,900$309,900

Median gross rent

$1,359$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Sarasota	Vamo
Under 5	7.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	2.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	3.4%
25 to 34	8.7%	1.0%
35 to 44	17.1%	4.7%
45 to 54	14.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	15.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	3.7%	17.5%
75 and over	4.6%	49.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Sarasota	Vamo
White (non-Hispanic)	24.9%	91.1%
Black or African American	38.9%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	25.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Sarasota	Vamo
No high school diploma	27.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	29.3%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Sarasota	Vamo
Drove alone	74.4%	72.2%
Carpooled	15.6%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.1%	10.5%
Other means	1.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Sarasota	Vamo
1-unit, detached	93.9%	26.3%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	24.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	31.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Sarasota	Vamo
Poverty rate	13.8%	2.4%
Average household size	2.70	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1976	1979