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Palmer Ranch, Florida: commercial real estate data.
Palmer Ranch is a Census CDP of 16,867 people across 7.50 square miles of land, in Sarasota County. Median household income is $102,838, 75.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Palmer Ranch
What Palmer Ranch is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area7.5 sq mi
- Water area0.67 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,249
- 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.
Palmer Ranch
How many people live in Palmer Ranch
- Population16,867
- Median age64.9
- Population under 181,527 plus or minus 404
- Share under 189.1 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Population 65 and over8,385
- Share 65 and over49.7 percent
- Households8,733
- Family households5,564
- Share of households that are families63.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Palmer Ranch
- Median household income$102,838
- Per capita income$69,893
- Civilian labor force6,013
- Employed5,925
- Unemployed88 plus or minus 64
- Unemployment rate1.5 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Adults 25 and over14,815
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher56.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree28.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Palmer Ranch
- Housing units10,392
- Occupied units8,733
- Vacant units1,659 plus or minus 335
- Vacancy rate16.0 percent
- Owner occupied6,597
- Renter occupied2,136
- Ownership rate75.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$592,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,794
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.9 percent
- Single family units6,933
- Share single family66.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,421
- Share in buildings of two or more32.9 percent
- Mobile homes15 plus or minus 23
- Median year structure built1999
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Palmer Ranch gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute4,373
- Commuting under 15 minutes732 plus or minus 223
- Share commuting under 15 minutes16.7 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,792 plus or minus 546
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.0 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Drove alone69.9 percent
- Carpooled4.1 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.4 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home24.4 percent plus or minus 6.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sarasota County, not Palmer Ranch
Sarasota County context, not Palmer Ranch figures
- Establishments in Sarasota County15,989
- Covered employment, Sarasota County190,078
- Average annual pay, Sarasota County$65,133
- Housing units permitted, Sarasota County7,466
Every figure in this section is published for Sarasota County as a whole and is not a measurement of Palmer Ranch.
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.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Palmer Ranch questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Palmer Ranch, Florida?
16,867, in 8,733 households. Palmer Ranch CDP covers 7.50 square miles of land, which is 2,249 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Palmer Ranch 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 Palmer Ranch?
$102,838. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $592,900. Median gross rent is $1,794 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 Palmer Ranch figures?
No, and they are labeled 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 Palmer Ranch.
Is zoning published for Palmer Ranch?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.