Manatee County vs Seminole County

A side-by-side comparison of Manatee County and Seminole County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Seminole County has the higher population (474,912 vs 416,020 in Manatee County). Seminole County has the higher median household income ($83,030 vs $75,792 in Manatee County). Manatee County has the higher median home value ($359,800 vs $357,300 in Seminole County).

Population, income & housing

	Manatee County	Seminole County
Population	416,020	474,912
Median age	49.4 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,792	$83,030
Median home value	$359,800	$357,300
Median gross rent	$1,549	$1,686
Housing units	214,510	197,167
Homeownership rate	74.7%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manatee County	Seminole County
Population	384,213 → 416,020 (+8.3%)	461,402 → 474,912 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$59,009 → $75,792 (+28.4%)	$66,768 → $83,030 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$238,500 → $359,800 (+50.9%)	$242,600 → $357,300 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,144 → $1,549 (+35.4%)	$1,242 → $1,686 (+35.7%)

Manatee County

Population

384,213416,020

Median household income

$59,009$75,792

Median home value

$238,500$359,800

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,549

Seminole County

Population

461,402474,912

Median household income

$66,768$83,030

Median home value

$242,600$357,300

Median gross rent

$1,242$1,686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Manatee County	Seminole County
Under 5	4.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.3%	14.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	12.8%
65 to 74	15.2%	9.6%
75 and over	13.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manatee County	Seminole County
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	56.1%
Black or African American	7.8%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manatee County	Seminole County
No high school diploma	9.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	28.2%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manatee County	Seminole County
Drove alone	71.0%	69.8%
Carpooled	9.8%	7.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	1.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.9%	19.2%
Other means	1.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manatee County	Seminole County
1-unit, detached	53.9%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	14.0%
20 or more units	8.6%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Manatee County	Seminole County
Poverty rate	10.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1990	1988