North Sarasota vs Venice Gardens

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

North 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.

Venice Gardens has the higher population (3,246 vs 3,041 in North Sarasota). North Sarasota has the higher median household income ($73,099 vs $71,000 in Venice Gardens). Venice Gardens has the higher median home value ($315,700 vs $223,900 in North Sarasota).

Population, income & housing

	North Sarasota	Venice Gardens
Population	3,041	3,246
Median age	37.3 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$73,099	$71,000
Median home value	$223,900	$315,700
Median gross rent	$1,911	$1,432
Housing units	1,233	1,678
Homeownership rate	61.4%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Sarasota	Venice Gardens
Population	8,806 → 3,041 (-65.5%)	8,171 → 3,246 (-60.3%)
Median household income	$40,356 → $73,099 (+81.1%)	$54,250 → $71,000 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$127,600 → $223,900 (+75.5%)	$211,600 → $315,700 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,911 (+60.9%)	$1,264 → $1,432 (+13.3%)

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

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)

	North Sarasota	Venice Gardens
Under 5	7.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	1.4%
25 to 34	8.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	17.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.4%	7.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	19.2%
65 to 74	3.7%	18.2%
75 and over	4.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Sarasota	Venice Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	24.9%	88.5%
Black or African American	38.9%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	25.3%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Sarasota	Venice Gardens
No high school diploma	27.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	29.3%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Sarasota	Venice Gardens
Drove alone	74.4%	77.2%
Carpooled	15.6%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.1%
Bicycle	2.6%	1.8%
Worked from home	5.1%	8.2%
Other means	1.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Sarasota	Venice Gardens
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	Venice Gardens
Poverty rate	13.8%	6.9%
Average household size	2.70	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1976	1968