Palmer Ranch vs Sarasota

A side-by-side comparison of Palmer Ranch and Sarasota: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sarasota has the higher population (56,218 vs 15,873 in Palmer Ranch). Palmer Ranch has the higher median household income ($103,682 vs $70,065 in Sarasota). Palmer Ranch has the higher median home value ($563,000 vs $409,700 in Sarasota).

Population, income & housing

	Palmer Ranch	Sarasota
Population	15,873	56,218
Median age	65.6 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$103,682	$70,065
Median home value	$563,000	$409,700
Median gross rent	$1,819	$1,514
Housing units	10,043	32,123
Homeownership rate	74.6%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	41.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palmer Ranch	Sarasota
Population	13,802 → 15,873 (+15.0%)	56,919 → 56,218 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$89,000 → $103,682 (+16.5%)	$53,669 → $70,065 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$422,700 → $563,000 (+33.2%)	$268,400 → $409,700 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,685 → $1,819 (+8.0%)	$1,134 → $1,514 (+33.5%)

Palmer Ranch

Population

13,80215,873

Median household income

$89,000$103,682

Median home value

$422,700$563,000

Median gross rent

$1,685$1,819

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)

	Palmer Ranch	Sarasota
Under 5	2.8%	3.1%
5 to 17	5.8%	11.3%
18 to 24	3.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	5.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	5.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	18.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	19.4%	14.6%
75 and over	31.7%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palmer Ranch	Sarasota
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	63.8%
Black or African American	4.2%	15.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palmer Ranch	Sarasota
No high school diploma	1.2%	7.6%
High school graduate	17.9%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.1%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palmer Ranch	Sarasota
Drove alone	73.3%	72.1%
Carpooled	3.8%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	1.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.1%
Worked from home	20.6%	12.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palmer Ranch	Sarasota
1-unit, detached	50.7%	39.5%
1-unit, attached	13.6%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	13.3%
20 or more units	14.2%	27.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Palmer Ranch	Sarasota
Poverty rate	5.3%	14.3%
Average household size	1.91	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1999	1976