Sarasota vs South Venice

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

Sarasota and South Venice 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 17,399 in South Venice). South Venice has the higher median household income ($72,322 vs $70,065 in Sarasota). Sarasota has the higher median home value ($409,700 vs $293,600 in South Venice).

Population, income & housing

	Sarasota	South Venice
Population	56,218	17,399
Median age	49.3 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,065	$72,322
Median home value	$409,700	$293,600
Median gross rent	$1,514	$1,790
Housing units	32,123	8,664
Homeownership rate	55.7%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sarasota	South Venice
Population	56,919 → 56,218 (-1.2%)	13,907 → 17,399 (+25.1%)
Median household income	$53,669 → $70,065 (+30.6%)	$57,092 → $72,322 (+26.7%)
Median home value	$268,400 → $409,700 (+52.6%)	$191,000 → $293,600 (+53.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,134 → $1,514 (+33.5%)	$1,336 → $1,790 (+34.0%)

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

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)

	Sarasota	South Venice
Under 5	3.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	11.3%	11.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	11.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.0%	16.2%
65 to 74	14.6%	16.9%
75 and over	14.7%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sarasota	South Venice
White (non-Hispanic)	63.8%	85.7%
Black or African American	15.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.1%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sarasota	South Venice
No high school diploma	7.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	26.7%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sarasota	South Venice
Drove alone	72.1%	75.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	7.6%
Public transit	1.4%	0.1%
Walked	2.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	16.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sarasota	South Venice
1-unit, detached	39.5%	91.6%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	0.8%
20 or more units	27.9%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Sarasota	South Venice
Poverty rate	14.3%	9.8%
Average household size	2.03	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1976	1985