Palmer Ranch vs South Venice

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

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

South Venice has the higher population (17,399 vs 15,873 in Palmer Ranch). Palmer Ranch has the higher median household income ($103,682 vs $72,322 in South Venice). Palmer Ranch has the higher median home value ($563,000 vs $293,600 in South Venice).

Population, income & housing

	Palmer Ranch	South Venice
Population	15,873	17,399
Median age	65.6 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$103,682	$72,322
Median home value	$563,000	$293,600
Median gross rent	$1,819	$1,790
Housing units	10,043	8,664
Homeownership rate	74.6%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palmer Ranch	South Venice
Population	13,802 → 15,873 (+15.0%)	13,907 → 17,399 (+25.1%)
Median household income	$89,000 → $103,682 (+16.5%)	$57,092 → $72,322 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$422,700 → $563,000 (+33.2%)	$191,000 → $293,600 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,685 → $1,819 (+8.0%)	$1,336 → $1,790 (+34.0%)

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

South Venice

Population

13,90717,399

Median household income

$57,092$72,322

Median home value

$191,000$293,600

Median gross rent

$1,336$1,790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palmer Ranch	South Venice
Under 5	2.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	5.8%	11.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	5.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	5.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	18.0%	16.2%
65 to 74	19.4%	16.9%
75 and over	31.7%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palmer Ranch	South Venice
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	85.7%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.6%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palmer Ranch	South Venice
No high school diploma	1.2%	8.3%
High school graduate	17.9%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.1%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palmer Ranch	South Venice
Drove alone	73.3%	75.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.6%	16.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palmer Ranch	South Venice
1-unit, detached	50.7%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	13.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	0.8%
20 or more units	14.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Palmer Ranch	South Venice
Poverty rate	5.3%	9.8%
Average household size	1.91	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1999	1985