Quick Facts
2020 Community Guide 47
Population: 73,652 residents
Median resident age: 46 years
Estimated median household income:
North Port: $52,260
Per capita personal income: $24,902
Per capita property tax revenue: n/a
North Port Diversity
White Non-Hispanic: 80.8%
Black Non-Hispanic: 7.4%
Hispanic: 6.5%
Two or more races: 2.2%
Other: 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
Ancestries:
German (19%), Irish (18.2%),
American (13.9%), English (8.7%),
Italian (8.5%), Polish (4.2%), French (3.3%),
Ukrainian (2.4%), West Indian (2.4%), Asian (1.6%)
6,253 residents are foreign born
Elevation: 11 feet
Land Area: 104 square miles. The City is one of
Educational Attainment
For population 25 years and older in North Port:
High School or higher: 90.4%
Bachelor’s Degree or higher: 17.5%
Graduate or Professional Degree: 5.5%
Unemployed: Less than 5%
Families whose income in the past 12 months
is below the poverty level: 7.7%
Mean travel time to work: 30.3
Housing occupancy in North Port:
Total housing units: 27,587
Occupied housing units: 83%
Vacant housing units: 17%
Average household size: 2.55
Percentage of family households: 70.1%
Residents with income below the poverty level
within last 12 months: 7%
Median cost of a single-family dwelling: $147,100
Number of motel/hotelrooms: 46
Sources: U.S. Census 2010; 2007-2011 American
Community Survey; Sarasota County Public Schools,
University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business
Research, Bureau of Labor Statistics April 2016.
The City of North Port is the largest city in Sarasota
County in both land mass and population. The City of
North Port is now the lead city in the North Port-
Bradenton-Sarasota Metropolitan Statistical Area.
the 10 largest in the state of Florida.