Sarasota County vs Seminole County

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

Sarasota 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 449,011 in Sarasota County). Seminole County has the higher median household income ($83,030 vs $80,633 in Sarasota County). Sarasota County has the higher median home value ($373,100 vs $357,300 in Seminole County).

Population, income & housing

	Sarasota County	Seminole County
Population	449,011	474,912
Median age	57.3 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$80,633	$83,030
Median home value	$373,100	$357,300
Median gross rent	$1,715	$1,686
Housing units	260,272	197,167
Homeownership rate	76.3%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sarasota County	Seminole County
Population	419,496 → 449,011 (+7.0%)	461,402 → 474,912 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$62,236 → $80,633 (+29.6%)	$66,768 → $83,030 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$251,600 → $373,100 (+48.3%)	$242,600 → $357,300 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,277 → $1,715 (+34.3%)	$1,242 → $1,686 (+35.7%)

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

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)

	Sarasota County	Seminole County
Under 5	3.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	10.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	14.3%
35 to 44	8.6%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	18.7%	9.6%
75 and over	18.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sarasota County	Seminole County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	56.1%
Black or African American	4.0%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sarasota County	Seminole County
No high school diploma	5.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	25.9%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.9%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sarasota County	Seminole County
Drove alone	72.9%	69.8%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	15.2%	19.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sarasota County	Seminole County
1-unit, detached	57.3%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	14.0%
20 or more units	11.9%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Sarasota County	Seminole County
Poverty rate	8.2%	9.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1987	1988