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Desoto Lakes CDP, Florida: commercial real estate data.
Desoto Lakes CDP is a Census CDP of 1,735 people across 0.41 square miles of land, in Sarasota County. Median household income is $76,417, 66.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Desoto Lakes
What Desoto Lakes is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area0.41 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,187 plus or minus 1,243
- County holding the largest share of its areaSarasota County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Desoto Lakes
How many people live in Desoto Lakes
- Population1,735 plus or minus 515
- Median age41.1 plus or minus 10.7
- Population under 18388 plus or minus 141
- Share under 1822.4 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Population 65 and over291 plus or minus 144
- Share 65 and over16.8 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Households636 plus or minus 149
- Family households420 plus or minus 132
- Share of households that are families66.0 percent plus or minus 13.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Desoto Lakes
Income and work in Desoto Lakes
- Median household income$76,417
- Per capita income$33,453 plus or minus $7,376
- Civilian labor force846 plus or minus 257
- Employed774 plus or minus 247
- Unemployed72 plus or minus 69
- Unemployment rate8.5 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Adults 25 and over1,262 plus or minus 345
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.6 percent plus or minus 8.8
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.7 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Desoto Lakes
Housing in Desoto Lakes
- Housing units671 plus or minus 140
- Occupied units636 plus or minus 149
- Vacant units35 plus or minus 51
- Vacancy rate5.2 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Owner occupied423 plus or minus 154
- Renter occupied213 plus or minus 103
- Ownership rate66.5 percent plus or minus 18.5
- Median owner-occupied home value$357,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,468
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.1 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Single family units546 plus or minus 141
- Share single family81.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more125 plus or minus 78
- Share in buildings of two or more18.6 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1976
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Desoto Lakes
How Desoto Lakes gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute756 plus or minus 244
- Commuting under 15 minutes24 plus or minus 33
- Share commuting under 15 minutes3.2 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more429 plus or minus 178
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more56.7 percent plus or minus 14.8
- Drove alone79.1 percent
- Carpooled14.9 percent plus or minus 12.6
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sarasota County, not Desoto Lakes
Sarasota County context, not Desoto Lakes figures
These are Sarasota County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Desoto Lakes measurements.
- Establishments in Sarasota County15,989
- Employment at those establishments, Sarasota County162,310
- Covered employment, Sarasota County190,078
- Average annual pay, Sarasota County$65,133
- Average weekly wage, Sarasota County$1,253
- Housing units permitted, Sarasota County7,466
- Of those, single family, Sarasota County5,259
- County product, 2024, Sarasota County$35,891,092,000
- County product change over the prior year, Sarasota County7.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Sarasota County$192,550
Every figure in this section is published for Sarasota County as a whole and is not a measurement of Desoto Lakes. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Desoto Lakes questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Desoto Lakes, Florida?
1,735, in 636 households. Desoto Lakes CDP covers 0.41 square miles of land, which is 4,187 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Desoto Lakes in?
Sarasota County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Desoto Lakes?
$76,417. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $357,700. Median gross rent is $1,468 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Desoto Lakes figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Sarasota County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Desoto Lakes.
Is zoning published for Desoto Lakes?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.