Sawgrass vs Vilano Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Sawgrass and Vilano Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Sawgrass and Vilano Beach are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sawgrass has the higher population (4,734 vs 2,229 in Vilano Beach). Vilano Beach has the higher median household income ($128,214 vs $121,519 in Sawgrass). Sawgrass has the higher median home value ($841,600 vs $597,600 in Vilano Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Sawgrass	Vilano Beach
Population	4,734	2,229
Median age	57.4 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$121,519	$128,214
Median home value	$841,600	$597,600
Median gross rent	$1,884	$2,205
Housing units	3,123	1,608
Homeownership rate	84.8%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.4%	52.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sawgrass	Vilano Beach
Population	4,841 → 4,734 (-2.2%)	2,453 → 2,229 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$89,700 → $121,519 (+35.5%)	$103,382 → $128,214 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$529,900 → $841,600 (+58.8%)	$405,200 → $597,600 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,569 → $1,884 (+20.1%)	$1,438 → $2,205 (+53.3%)

Sawgrass

Population

4,8414,734

Median household income

$89,700$121,519

Median home value

$529,900$841,600

Median gross rent

$1,569$1,884

Vilano Beach

Population

2,4532,229

Median household income

$103,382$128,214

Median home value

$405,200$597,600

Median gross rent

$1,438$2,205

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sawgrass	Vilano Beach
Under 5	2.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	10.2%	5.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	10.5%
25 to 34	8.2%	6.8%
35 to 44	4.8%	5.2%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	26.5%
65 to 74	21.0%	18.7%
75 and over	18.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sawgrass	Vilano Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sawgrass	Vilano Beach
No high school diploma	3.5%	3.7%
High school graduate	8.0%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sawgrass	Vilano Beach
Drove alone	72.8%	61.0%
Carpooled	1.5%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	25.4%
Other means	0.0%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sawgrass	Vilano Beach
1-unit, detached	47.4%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	10.7%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	23.3%	9.1%
20 or more units	6.7%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Sawgrass	Vilano Beach
Poverty rate	9.5%	4.6%
Average household size	2.20	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1986	1993