Siesta Key vs The Meadows

A side-by-side comparison of Siesta Key and The Meadows: population, income, housing, and more.

Siesta Key and The Meadows are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Siesta Key has the higher population (5,690 vs 5,463 in The Meadows). Siesta Key has the higher median household income ($119,427 vs $66,003 in The Meadows). Siesta Key has the higher median home value ($954,300 vs $344,900 in The Meadows).

Population, income & housing

	Siesta Key	The Meadows
Population	5,690	5,463
Median age	66.0 yrs	71.4 yrs
Median household income	$119,427	$66,003
Median home value	$954,300	$344,900
Median gross rent	$2,761	$1,625
Housing units	7,894	4,031
Homeownership rate	92.5%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.3%	54.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Siesta Key	The Meadows
Population	5,573 → 5,690 (+2.1%)	4,430 → 5,463 (+23.3%)
Median household income	$102,143 → $119,427 (+16.9%)	$57,586 → $66,003 (+14.6%)
Median home value	$715,000 → $954,300 (+33.5%)	$282,200 → $344,900 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,730 → $2,761 (+59.6%)	$1,260 → $1,625 (+29.0%)

Siesta Key

Population

5,5735,690

Median household income

$102,143$119,427

Median home value

$715,000$954,300

Median gross rent

$1,730$2,761

The Meadows

Population

4,4305,463

Median household income

$57,586$66,003

Median home value

$282,200$344,900

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Siesta Key	The Meadows
Under 5	1.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	6.0%	3.0%
18 to 24	1.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	2.0%	3.6%
35 to 44	3.3%	0.8%
45 to 54	7.7%	7.9%
55 to 64	25.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	22.8%	27.4%
75 and over	29.6%	39.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Siesta Key	The Meadows
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Siesta Key	The Meadows
No high school diploma	3.2%	2.7%
High school graduate	11.3%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	31.1%	23.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Siesta Key	The Meadows
Drove alone	49.5%	59.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	4.7%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	1.0%
Worked from home	36.2%	32.8%
Other means	7.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Siesta Key	The Meadows
1-unit, detached	28.9%	27.6%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	35.8%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	16.1%
20 or more units	44.6%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Siesta Key	The Meadows
Poverty rate	7.6%	10.7%
Average household size	1.85	1.66
Mean commute (minutes)	34	23
Median year structure built	1975	1985