Charlotte County vs Santa Rosa County

A side-by-side comparison of Charlotte County and Santa Rosa County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Charlotte County has the higher population (195,083 vs 193,719 in Santa Rosa County). Santa Rosa County has the higher median household income ($88,968 vs $66,154 in Charlotte County). Santa Rosa County has the higher median home value ($302,100 vs $291,000 in Charlotte County).

Population, income & housing

	Charlotte County	Santa Rosa County
Population	195,083	193,719
Median age	60.0 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,154	$88,968
Median home value	$291,000	$302,100
Median gross rent	$1,289	$1,445
Housing units	114,821	78,275
Homeownership rate	83.2%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charlotte County	Santa Rosa County
Population	181,067 → 195,083 (+7.7%)	174,755 → 193,719 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$51,499 → $66,154 (+28.5%)	$67,949 → $88,968 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$195,400 → $291,000 (+48.9%)	$199,200 → $302,100 (+51.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,032 → $1,289 (+24.9%)	$1,129 → $1,445 (+28.0%)

Charlotte County

Population

181,067195,083

Median household income

$51,499$66,154

Median home value

$195,400$291,000

Median gross rent

$1,032$1,289

Santa Rosa County

Population

174,755193,719

Median household income

$67,949$88,968

Median home value

$199,200$302,100

Median gross rent

$1,129$1,445

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charlotte County	Santa Rosa County
Under 5	2.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	9.0%	16.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	7.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	17.4%	14.0%
65 to 74	21.6%	10.4%
75 and over	18.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charlotte County	Santa Rosa County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	79.1%
Black or African American	5.1%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.3%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charlotte County	Santa Rosa County
No high school diploma	7.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	33.0%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charlotte County	Santa Rosa County
Drove alone	73.0%	77.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.4%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.3%	11.6%
Other means	2.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charlotte County	Santa Rosa County
1-unit, detached	67.8%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	2.7%
20 or more units	5.9%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Charlotte County	Santa Rosa County
Poverty rate	9.6%	8.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1990	1997