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Sarasota County, FL

Aggregated demographic, housing, and geographic context for the 23 ZIP codes inside Sarasota County, drawn from public Census ACS and SimpleMaps data.

ZIP codes
23
in this county
Total population
421,712
across all listed ZIPs
Cities
6
distinct city/town names
Avg density
704
people / sq mi
Avg median income
household, ACS
Avg home value
owner-occupied

ZIP codes in Sarasota County

ZIPCityPopulationDensityMedian income
34293 Venice 44,643 529
34232 Sarasota 34,108 1,194
34231 Sarasota 32,460 1,327
34287 North Port 28,218 625
34234 Sarasota 21,692 1,282
34238 Sarasota 21,148 619
34286 North Port 20,264 285
34275 Nokomis 19,555 294
34233 Sarasota 19,195 1,211
34223 Englewood 18,760 173
34285 Venice 18,746 869
34237 Sarasota 17,742 1,739
34241 Sarasota 15,737 87
34292 Venice 15,676 186
34235 Sarasota 14,349 892
34239 Sarasota 14,203 1,234
34288 North Port 13,476 270
34240 Sarasota 12,713 74
34236 Sarasota 12,523 1,360
34229 Osprey 7,820 507
34242 Sarasota 7,387 798
34291 North Port 6,786 145
34289 North Port 4,511 485

About Sarasota County

Counties are the workhorse unit of American local government — they administer property taxes, run the courts and sheriff’s office, manage many road and library systems, and in much of the country they collect public health and zoning data that ZIP codes don’t. Sarasota County in Florida contains roughly 23 ZIP codes spread across 6 distinct cities and unincorporated communities, with an aggregate population of about 421,712. Reading those ZIPs together at the county level smooths over neighborhood-by-neighborhood noise and surfaces the broader economic and demographic shape of the area. For block-level detail, drill into any individual ZIP profile or compare against the wider Florida index.

The average density across listed ZIPs sits at roughly 704, which classifies the county overall as a small town environment. That label is a generalization — nearly every county contains both a relatively dense core and quieter outlying ZIPs, and the gap between them is often what determines where you actually want to live or open a business. Average median household income in our enriched ZIPs lands near —, with average owner-occupied home values around —; both numbers move dramatically as you cross from one ZIP to the next, so use the table above as a sorting tool, not a verdict.

If you’re moving into Sarasota County, the county itself is also where most of your real-life paperwork will land — vehicle registration, voter registration, property recording, and school district enrollment in many states. Knowing the county that contains your prospective ZIP makes it much easier to look up the right tax assessor, election office, or school district website. Our relocation guide walks through the order in which to tackle these handoffs after a move.

For service-area planning, the county is also where most US business licensing and many sales-tax rules are administered. Service businesses scoping Sarasota County should pair this aggregate view with the individual ZIP profiles to identify the densest, highest-income pockets first, then expand outward along whatever transportation corridor matches their delivery model.