AreaProfile

South Bradenton, Florida

Area Profile

25,990 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for South Bradenton, in Manatee County.

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How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Housing affordability3046th of 4,223 published cities66
ClimateTop 14% of 4,223 published cities81
Physical resilience4003rd of 4,182 published cities10
AccessTop 14% of 4,226 published cities99
Economic stability3783rd of 4,226 published cities34
The quick read

Rent takes 31% of median household income here, at or above the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened.

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

A major airport is 5 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
25,990
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$48,315
Bottom 20% nationally
Density
5,776/sq mi
4.5 sq mi of land
Median age
45.6
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Manatee County
Florida
Metro area
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
Nearest major airport
SRQ
5 mi · Sarasota/Bradenton Intl
Median home value
$167,200
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Median household income of $48,315 is below 80% of measured US cities.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$4,920$48,315Bottom 20%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,537$31,308Bottom 41%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate16.8%Top 31%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute27.1 minTop 48%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher16.8%Bottom 40%2024 ACS 5-Year
Labor force participation59.6%Bottom 47%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$62,500Bottom 24%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$47,440Bottom 19%2025 OEWS
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202448k41k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $48,315 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 $1,244 takes 31% of median household income, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.5 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
30.9%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.5×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,244
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$167,200
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income3.46Top 37%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate55.2%Bottom 14%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±59315,013Top 4%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$72$1,244Top 30%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$12,385$167,200Bottom 44%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income30.9%Top 6%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate22.6%Top 20%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, 4.4 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

10 / 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. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. Reported crime is also easy to misread: agency participation varies year to year, and a city that draws a large daytime workforce carries incidents its residents did not generate.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

5 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 5 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Sarasota/Bradenton IntlSRQ5 mi9,500 ft
St Pete-Clearwater IntlPIE32 mi9,730 ft
Tampa IntlTPA36 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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Other cities in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
North PortSarasota County84,60557vs South Bradenton
BradentonManatee County57,014vs South Bradenton
SarasotaSarasota County56,97050vs South Bradenton
Lakewood RanchManatee County43,945vs South Bradenton
VeniceSarasota County27,47956vs South Bradenton
EnglewoodSarasota County20,091vs South Bradenton
Bayshore GardensManatee County18,131vs South Bradenton
South VeniceSarasota County17,484vs South Bradenton
Palmer RanchSarasota County16,867vs South Bradenton
FruitvilleSarasota County15,172vs South Bradenton
PalmettoManatee County13,58850vs South Bradenton
Sarasota SpringsSarasota County12,611vs South Bradenton

Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.

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)

Profile recalculated August 30, 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.