AreaProfile

34211Lakewood Ranch, Florida

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 34211.

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How this area ranks
Housing affordability3051st of 4,553 published ZIP areas64
ClimateTop 16% of 4,621 published ZIP areas81
Physical resilience4190th of 4,554 published ZIP areas11
AccessTop 20% of 4,623 published ZIP areas99
Economic stability3207th of 4,591 published ZIP areas49
The quick read

Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by hurricane, coastal flooding and lightning.

A major airport is 11 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
24,980
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$119,911
Top 10% nationally
Density
734/sq mi
34.0 sq mi of land
Median age
47.6
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Lakewood Ranch
Florida
Metro area
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
Nearest major airport
SRQ
11 mi · Sarasota/Bradenton Intl
Median home value
$654,600
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

58% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 92% of measured US ZIP areas.

Household income is higher than at least 90% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$10,962$119,911Top 10%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$4,457$60,473Top 10%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate6.2%Bottom 26%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute29.8 minTop 39%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher57.9%Top 8%2024 ACS 5-Year
Labor force participation55.7%Bottom 33%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$62,500Bottom 29%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$47,440Bottom 23%2025 OEWS
Median household income, successive ACS releases
2021202220232024120k112k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $119,911 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Retail Salespersons13,420$35,160
Waiters and Waitresses9,200$36,660
General and Operations Managers8,610$94,900
Registered Nurses8,380$86,130
Fast Food and Counter Workers8,330$30,000
Cashiers7,520$31,240

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $2,291 takes 23% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 5.5 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
22.9%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
5.5×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$2,291
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$654,600
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income5.46Top 13%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate78.3%Bottom 49%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±71411,629Top 13%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$239$2,291Top 4%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$41,947$654,600Top 7%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income22.9%Top 21%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate17.3%Top 32%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

8 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 91°F and January a low of 52°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 49.0 inches.

40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station SARASOTA BRADENTON AP, 11.4 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND9.1"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation49.0"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low52°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high91°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months81991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing21°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

11 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane, coastal flooding and lightning.

HurricaneHigh
LightningModerate
Coastal floodingElevated
Cold waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: tornado, inland flooding, wildfire, heat wave, drought, strong wind, hail, landslide, earthquake.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

6 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 11 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Sarasota/Bradenton IntlSRQ11 mi9,500 ft
St Pete-Clearwater IntlPIE36 mi9,730 ft
Tampa IntlTPA37 mi11,002 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

34211 vs Lakewood Ranch

How this ZIP area compares with Lakewood Ranch as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

34211
Lakewood Ranch
Median household income
$119,911
vs
$122,925
Per capita income
$60,473
vs
$67,795
Population density
734/sq mi
vs
954/sq mi
Median home value
$654,600
vs
$678,200
Median gross rent
$2,291
vs
$2,299
Homeownership rate
78.3%
vs
80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher
57.9%
vs
60.6%
Poverty rate
6.2%
vs
7.4%
Median age
47.6
vs
53.5

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.