County profile
Sarasota County, FL
United States · GDP 2024
#168 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 88% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$35.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
162,310
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
15,989
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$62.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
479,958
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$83.4k±$1.4k
Bachelor's degree+
40.8%±0.9%
Poverty rate
8.6%±0.5%
Business applications
10,293 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,755
36.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Roper Technologies, Inc.Technology$7.9B82B+2Helios Technologies, Inc.Industrials$839.0M68B3Uniroyal Global Engineered Products, Inc.Industrials$71.7M——4INVO Fertility, Inc.Healthcare$6.8M43D5Trump Media & Technology Group Corp.Communication Services$3.7M42D6Media Pal Holdings, Corp.Industrials$2.9M——7Brain Scientific Inc.Healthcare$214.6k——8Silo Pharma, Inc.Healthcare$72.1k39D9Cyberloq Technologies, Inc.Technology$15.0k35D10Affinity Beverage Group, Inc.Consumer Defensive$3.9k——11Flameret, Inc.Basic Materials$0——12First State Financial Corp.Financial Services$0——13Varca Ventures, Inc.Basic Materials$0——14Hammer Technology Holdings Corp.Communication Services$022D15Baron Capital Enterprise, Inc.Financial Services$0——16Garrison Film Productions Inc.Communication Services———17LiveCare, Inc.Healthcare———HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care26%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation20%
Construction14%
Professional services10%
Admin & support8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
479,958
residents · 2025 · +10.0% since 2020
Income per capita $94.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+52,687
International migration+9,897
Natural change−18,637
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$23.1B2019
$24.1B2020
$26.1B2021
$30.0B2022
$33.5B2023
$35.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$411.8k±$4.6k
Median gross rent
$1.8k/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
20.4%±0.7%
Affordability
6.6× wages
Residential permits
$2.5B
6,627 units · 13.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
98.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 100Hurricane 100Coastal flooding 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
6002016
6452017
6882018
7142019
7482020
8822021
11442022
12112023
11902024
11382025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -15% since 20217,8052021
7,3232022
7,8222023
7,4662024
6,6272025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
8.0 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
12.5 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
32.7 km
Manatee County Port, FL
Nearest commercial airport
32.2 km
SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR27 filings from 5 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$62.0k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Sarasota?
Sarasota's economy produced $35.9B in 2024, growing 7.1% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.