Sarasota County · Residential desk · September 13, 2026
Sarasota County has four municipalities and a county index
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These notes are about Sarasota County as a whole. Only four places are incorporated: Sarasota, North Port, Venice, and the Town of Longboat Key. Siesta Key and Lakewood Ranch are unincorporated. The house-price number we cite is a county index, not a Sarasota sale price.
What the cited tape move does to a $400,000 30-year shape
Principal and interest only, from 6.71% as of Aug 14 to 6.81% as of Aug 28. That is about $27 more per month before tax and insurance. Run the calculator. Not an approval.
The cities, and the places that are not cities
The 2020 Census lists four incorporated places in Sarasota County: Longboat Key town, North Port city, Sarasota city, and Venice city. Longboat Key also appears in Manatee County in the same file. Four names still share one official county index.
Named unincorporated communities include Englewood, Lakewood Ranch, Osprey, and Siesta Key. Englewood also appears in Charlotte County. Lakewood Ranch also appears in Manatee County. We will not invent a sale price for Siesta Key or Lakewood Ranch.
What the county house-price number is
The Federal Housing Finance Agency publishes an annual house-price index for Sarasota County, FL. On FRED that series is ATNHPIUS12115A. The index was 344.72 in 2025, 360.59 in 2024, and 366.79 in 2023 (2000 equals 100; last updated March 31, 2026). That number is for the whole county. It is not a sale price for one city.
The last official daily 30-year rate on this site is 6.81% as of August 28. That is a national rate, not a local lock. Use the payment calculator only as a payment shape. The result is not an approval.
What Census vacancy can say
The Census Bureau’s 2024 American Community Survey 1-year estimates, released September 11, 2025, give Sarasota County, FL a homeowner vacancy rate of 1.5% and a rental vacancy rate of 5.0%. 19.5% of housing units were vacant, which includes seasonal and occasional-use homes. In this county that vacant-unit share is high because it includes seasonal and occasional-use homes, not only units for rent or for sale. The 2023 1-year estimates were a 1.3% homeowner vacancy rate and a 6.0% rental vacancy rate. Those are housing-unit rates for the whole county. They are not an office or retail vacancy rate, and they are not a vacancy print for one city.
FAQ
Does this page publish a sale price for every city in Sarasota County, FL?
No. The house-price figure here is the FHFA annual county index via FRED ATNHPIUS12115A: 344.72 in 2025 versus 360.59 in 2024. We do not invent a median sale price or days on market for each town.
Is that county index a mortgage rate?
No. The last official daily 30-year cited on this site is 6.81% as of August 28, 2026. That is a national survey, not a personal APR.
Does this page publish an office or storefront vacancy rate for Sarasota County, FL?
No. The vacancy figures here are Census ACS 2024 1-year housing rates for the county: homeowner vacancy 1.5% and rental vacancy 5.0%. That table is about housing units, not commercial space.
Sources: FRED ATNHPIUS12115A (FHFA all-transactions Sarasota County, FL annual index 344.72 (2025), 360.59 (2024), 366.79 (2023); 2000=100; updated March 31, 2026); Census 2020 Florida place-by-county file (Incorporated places named for Sarasota County, FL); Mortgage News Daily daily rate index (30-year 6.81% as of August 28, 2026); Freddie Mac PMMS (weekly 30-year 6.66% as of August 27, 2026); Census ACS 2024 1-year DP04 (Sarasota County, FL homeowner vacancy 1.5%, rental vacancy 5.0%, vacant housing units 19.5%; released September 11, 2025); Census ACS 2023 1-year DP04 (Sarasota County, FL homeowner vacancy 1.3%, rental vacancy 6.0%, vacant housing units 20.1%; released September 12, 2024).