Brevard County vs Sarasota County

A side-by-side comparison of Brevard County and Sarasota County: population, income, housing, and more.

Brevard County and Sarasota County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Brevard County has the higher population (620,533 vs 449,011 in Sarasota County). Sarasota County has the higher median household income ($80,633 vs $75,817 in Brevard County). Sarasota County has the higher median home value ($373,100 vs $304,400 in Brevard County).

Population, income & housing

	Brevard County	Sarasota County
Population	620,533	449,011
Median age	46.8 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,817	$80,633
Median home value	$304,400	$373,100
Median gross rent	$1,456	$1,715
Housing units	294,461	260,272
Homeownership rate	76.9%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brevard County	Sarasota County
Population	585,507 → 620,533 (+6.0%)	419,496 → 449,011 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$56,775 → $75,817 (+33.5%)	$62,236 → $80,633 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$196,400 → $304,400 (+55.0%)	$251,600 → $373,100 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,456 (+36.3%)	$1,277 → $1,715 (+34.3%)

Brevard County

Population

585,507620,533

Median household income

$56,775$75,817

Median home value

$196,400$304,400

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,456

Sarasota County

Population

419,496449,011

Median household income

$62,236$80,633

Median home value

$251,600$373,100

Median gross rent

$1,277$1,715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brevard County	Sarasota County
Under 5	4.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	10.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	8.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	8.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	16.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	13.5%	18.7%
75 and over	10.6%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brevard County	Sarasota County
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	80.6%
Black or African American	9.2%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brevard County	Sarasota County
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.6%
High school graduate	26.1%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brevard County	Sarasota County
Drove alone	76.1%	72.9%
Carpooled	7.2%	8.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.2%	15.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brevard County	Sarasota County
1-unit, detached	65.9%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	8.3%
20 or more units	8.2%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Brevard County	Sarasota County
Poverty rate	9.9%	8.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1987	1987