Plantation vs South Sarasota

A side-by-side comparison of Plantation and South Sarasota: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Sarasota has the higher population (4,905 vs 4,483 in Plantation). South Sarasota has the higher median household income ($93,958 vs $77,873 in Plantation). South Sarasota has the higher median home value ($629,400 vs $383,000 in Plantation).

Population, income & housing

	Plantation	South Sarasota
Population	4,483	4,905
Median age	72.4 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,873	$93,958
Median home value	$383,000	$629,400
Median gross rent	$1,866	$1,776
Housing units	3,794	2,524
Homeownership rate	89.2%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	50.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plantation	South Sarasota
Population	5,026 → 4,483 (-10.8%)	5,283 → 4,905 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$66,344 → $77,873 (+17.4%)	$70,341 → $93,958 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$277,800 → $383,000 (+37.9%)	$474,600 → $629,400 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,455 → $1,866 (+28.2%)	$1,037 → $1,776 (+71.3%)

Plantation

Population

5,0264,483

Median household income

$66,344$77,873

Median home value

$277,800$383,000

Median gross rent

$1,455$1,866

South Sarasota

Population

5,2834,905

Median household income

$70,341$93,958

Median home value

$474,600$629,400

Median gross rent

$1,037$1,776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plantation	South Sarasota
Under 5	0.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	3.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	1.0%	2.5%
25 to 34	3.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	2.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	2.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	30.1%	17.5%
75 and over	43.0%	19.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plantation	South Sarasota
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	81.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plantation	South Sarasota
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	15.7%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plantation	South Sarasota
Drove alone	68.8%	73.5%
Carpooled	1.5%	4.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	20.4%
Other means	5.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plantation	South Sarasota
1-unit, detached	64.3%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	9.5%
20 or more units	7.7%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Plantation	South Sarasota
Poverty rate	3.4%	9.3%
Average household size	1.73	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1993	1978