Sarasota Springs vs Venice

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

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

Venice has the higher population (26,467 vs 12,669 in Sarasota Springs). Sarasota Springs has the higher median household income ($89,646 vs $74,340 in Venice). Venice has the higher median home value ($381,400 vs $310,400 in Sarasota Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Sarasota Springs	Venice
Population	12,669	26,467
Median age	39.6 yrs	68.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,646	$74,340
Median home value	$310,400	$381,400
Median gross rent	$2,050	$1,591
Housing units	5,198	20,190
Homeownership rate	78.7%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sarasota Springs	Venice
Population	15,854 → 12,669 (-20.1%)	23,086 → 26,467 (+14.6%)
Median household income	$65,222 → $89,646 (+37.4%)	$60,086 → $74,340 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$207,300 → $310,400 (+49.7%)	$252,200 → $381,400 (+51.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,396 → $2,050 (+46.8%)	$1,355 → $1,591 (+17.4%)

Sarasota Springs

Population

15,85412,669

Median household income

$65,222$89,646

Median home value

$207,300$310,400

Median gross rent

$1,396$2,050

Venice

Population

23,08626,467

Median household income

$60,086$74,340

Median home value

$252,200$381,400

Median gross rent

$1,355$1,591

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sarasota Springs	Venice
Under 5	3.5%	1.4%
5 to 17	19.8%	4.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	2.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	4.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	4.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	6.1%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	28.5%
75 and over	5.7%	31.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sarasota Springs	Venice
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	87.3%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sarasota Springs	Venice
No high school diploma	7.4%	3.9%
High school graduate	34.2%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sarasota Springs	Venice
Drove alone	76.1%	65.9%
Carpooled	10.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.5%
Walked	0.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.3%
Worked from home	10.7%	23.9%
Other means	1.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sarasota Springs	Venice
1-unit, detached	94.7%	40.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	15.8%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Sarasota Springs	Venice
Poverty rate	11.4%	8.5%
Average household size	2.67	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1976	1984