Sarasota, Florida

Sarasota is in the Tampa Bay region of Florida. It's population as recorded in the 2010 Census was 51,917.

The median age for residents of Sarasota is 44.5. Around 20.6% of Sarasota households include school aged children and 36.2% of households include individuals aged 65 years or over. Census records indicate 75.4% of the Sarasota population are White, 15.1% are Black or African American, .4% American Indian, 1.3% Asian and 2.3% are Two or more Races.

There are 29,151 housing units in Sarasota. 6,009 (20.6%) of these were reported as vacant in the 2010 Census. Sarasota is a tourist destination, 47.4% (2,851) of it's vacant housing units were classed as seasonal, recreational or for occasional use. There are 11,504 residential rental units in Sarasota. 10,031 of them were occupied in 2010 providing a residential rental vacancy rate of 12.1%.

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Sarasota, Manatee County Market Data

Sarasota Real Estate
Property UsageProperty CountTotal Sq Ft
Agricultural 26 26,201
Government Property 124 1,819,236
Health Care 2 153,443
Hotel & Motel 8 405,765
Industrial 443 10,413,493
Land 949 101,256
Miscellaneous Property 25 506,912
Mobile/Manufactured 3 2,544
Multifamily 158 2,336,981
Office 134 716,618
Residential 13,768 23,839,837
Retail 155 2,172,787
Senior Housing 3 318,796
Special Purpose 41 1,646,272
Sports & Entertaining 13 268,784

Sarasota Median Property Values per Sq Ft

Sarasota Median Property Values per Sq Ft by Property Class
Property Class Class AClass BClass C
UsageYear SaleLease SaleLease SaleLease
Airport (private or commercial), bus terminal, marine terminal, pier or marina. 2016 $315$18 $98$14 $57$10
Auto sales, auto repair and storage or auto service shop 2016 $315$34 $98$17 $57$11
Centrally assessed 2016 $100$42 $67$15 $38$6
Church 2016 $100$18 $67$14 $38$10
Club, lodge or union hall 2016 $100$18 $67$14 $38$10
College 2016 $100$30 $67$15 $38$7
Community Shopping Center 2016 $315$34 $98$17 $57$11
Condominium 2016 $162$16 $132$16 $93$16
County Owned 2016 $100$30 $67$15 $38$7
Cultural organization, facility 2016 $100$18 $67$14 $38$10
Department Store 2016 $315$34 $98$17 $57$11
Drive-in Restaurant 2016 $315$34 $98$17 $57$11
Enclosed theater or auditorium 2016 $315$37 $98$17 $57$7
Federal Owned 2016 $100$30 $67$15 $38$7
Financial institution (bank, saving and loan company, mortgage company, credit services) 2016 $315$34 $98$17 $57$11
Food processing 2016 $100$9 $67$7 $38$5
Forest, park or recreational area 2016 $100$30 $67$15 $38$7
Golf course or driving range 2016 $315$37 $98$17 $57$7
Government Undefined 2016 $100$30 $67$15 $38$7
Grazing land soil capability Class I 2016 $100$27 $67$15 $38$9
Heavy industrial 2016 $100$9 $67$7 $38$5
Home for the aged 2016 $100$15 $67$10 $38$9
Hotel or motel 2016 $315$33 $98$33 $57$33
Leasehold interests (government owned property leased by a non-governmental lessee) 2016 $100$42 $67$15 $38$6
Light manufacturing 2016 $100$9 $67$7 $38$5
Lumber yard, sawmill or planing mill 2015 $104$9 $51$6 $29$5
Mineral processing, cement plant,refinery, clay plants or gravel plant 2016 $100$9 $67$7 $38$5
Mixed use - store and office or store and residential or residential combination 2016 $315$34 $98$17 $57$11
Mobile Home 2016 $174$6 $150$6 $109$6
Multi-family - 10 units or more 2016 $174$13 $150$8 $109$7
Multi-family - less than 10 units 2016 $270$13 $82$8 $44$7
Municipal Owned 2016 $100$30 $67$15 $38$7
Nightclub, cocktail lounge or bar 2016 $315$37 $98$17 $57$7
Office building, non-professional service building, multi-story 2016 $315$19 $98$14 $57$9
Office building, non-professional service building, one story 2016 $315$19 $98$14 $57$9
Open storage (building supplies, auto wrecking, fuel, equipment or material storage) 2016 $100$9 $67$7 $38$5
Ornamentals, miscellaneous agricultural 2016 $100$27 $67$15 $38$9
Orphanage, other non-profit or charitable services 2016 $100$18 $67$14 $38$10
Private school or college 2016 $100$18 $67$14 $38$10
Professional service building 2016 $315$19 $98$14 $57$9
Public county school 2016 $100$30 $67$15 $38$7
Repair service shop (excluding automotive) 2016 $315$34 $98$17 $57$11
Restaurant, cafeteria 2016 $315$34 $98$17 $57$11
Retirement Home not eligible for exemption. 2016 $162$15 $132$10 $93$9
Sanitarium or convalescent rest home 2016 $100$25 $67$17 $38$11
Service station 2016 $315$34 $98$17 $57$11
Single Family 2016 $174$16 $150$16 $109$16
State Owned 2016 $100$30 $67$15 $38$7
Store, one story 2016 $315$34 $98$17 $57$11
Supermarket 2015 $450$32 $142$17 $63$9
Tourist attraction, permanent exhibit or other entertainment facilities 2016 $315$37 $98$17 $57$7
Undefined - Reserved for Use by Department of Revenue 2016 $270$16 $82$16 $44$16
Utility 2016 $100$42 $67$15 $38$6
Warehousing, distribution terminal, trucking terminal, or van and storage warehousing 2016 $100$9 $67$7 $38$5