Ridge Wood Heights vs South Sarasota

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

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

Ridge Wood Heights has the higher population (5,085 vs 4,905 in South Sarasota). South Sarasota has the higher median household income ($93,958 vs $68,463 in Ridge Wood Heights). South Sarasota has the higher median home value ($629,400 vs $349,900 in Ridge Wood Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Ridge Wood Heights	South Sarasota
Population	5,085	4,905
Median age	49.2 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,463	$93,958
Median home value	$349,900	$629,400
Median gross rent	$1,465	$1,776
Housing units	2,760	2,524
Homeownership rate	74.0%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	50.7%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridge Wood Heights	South Sarasota
Population	4,287 → 5,085 (+18.6%)	5,283 → 4,905 (-7.2%)
Median household income	$53,503 → $68,463 (+28.0%)	$70,341 → $93,958 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$221,600 → $349,900 (+57.9%)	$474,600 → $629,400 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,135 → $1,465 (+29.1%)	$1,037 → $1,776 (+71.3%)

Ridge Wood Heights

Population

4,2875,085

Median household income

$53,503$68,463

Median home value

$221,600$349,900

Median gross rent

$1,135$1,465

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)

	Ridge Wood Heights	South Sarasota
Under 5	5.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	8.6%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	2.5%
25 to 34	14.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	17.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	12.7%	17.5%
75 and over	10.9%	19.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridge Wood Heights	South Sarasota
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	81.6%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridge Wood Heights	South Sarasota
No high school diploma	6.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	29.7%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	21.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridge Wood Heights	South Sarasota
Drove alone	81.4%	73.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	20.4%
Other means	2.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridge Wood Heights	South Sarasota
1-unit, detached	72.0%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	9.5%
20 or more units	3.8%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Ridge Wood Heights	South Sarasota
Poverty rate	7.4%	9.3%
Average household size	2.06	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1980	1978