Osceola County vs Sarasota County

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

Osceola 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.

Sarasota County has the higher population (449,011 vs 406,943 in Osceola County). Sarasota County has the higher median household income ($80,633 vs $68,711 in Osceola County). Sarasota County has the higher median home value ($373,100 vs $317,600 in Osceola County).

Population, income & housing

	Osceola County	Sarasota County
Population	406,943	449,011
Median age	37.0 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,711	$80,633
Median home value	$317,600	$373,100
Median gross rent	$1,651	$1,715
Housing units	164,195	260,272
Homeownership rate	66.2%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osceola County	Sarasota County
Population	351,955 → 406,943 (+15.6%)	419,496 → 449,011 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$52,279 → $68,711 (+31.4%)	$62,236 → $80,633 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$201,000 → $317,600 (+58.0%)	$251,600 → $373,100 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,651 (+34.4%)	$1,277 → $1,715 (+34.3%)

Osceola County

Population

351,955406,943

Median household income

$52,279$68,711

Median home value

$201,000$317,600

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,651

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)

	Osceola County	Sarasota County
Under 5	6.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	10.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	8.3%
35 to 44	14.9%	8.6%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.2%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	18.7%
75 and over	5.3%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osceola County	Sarasota County
White (non-Hispanic)	28.5%	80.6%
Black or African American	9.6%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.7%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	55.0%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osceola County	Sarasota County
No high school diploma	11.4%	5.6%
High school graduate	28.4%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osceola County	Sarasota County
Drove alone	72.6%	72.9%
Carpooled	11.9%	8.5%
Public transit	1.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.9%	15.2%
Other means	1.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osceola County	Sarasota County
1-unit, detached	60.0%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	8.3%
20 or more units	6.2%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Osceola County	Sarasota County
Poverty rate	12.5%	8.2%
Average household size	3.08	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	35	24
Median year structure built	2001	1987