Sarasota Review

South Sarasota ranked 168th among cities in Florida by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of South Sarasota residents was an inflation-adjusted $33,066 per year. South Sarasota had 2,402 households in 2017, with a population of 5,265.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Manalapan. Manalapan's median income was $106,250 per year after adjusting for inflation – $73,184 more than South Sarasota. It had 146 households in 2017 and a population of 276.

St. Leo had the lowest annual resident income among cities in Florida, with a median income of only $3,576 per year. That was $29,490 less than the median income in South Sarasota at the time. St. Leo had 19 households in 2017 and a population of 1,177.

The table below shows the top 100 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Manalapan	106,250
2	Belleair Shore	103,750
3	Orchid	83,750
4	Lazy Lake	75,556
5	Golden Beach	73,214
6	Gulf Stream	70,536
7	Pelican Bay	63,936
8	Indian River Shores	62,617
9	Sea Ranch Lakes	59,792
10	Key Biscayne	57,071
11	Windermere	55,463
12	Navarre Beach	53,850
13	Jupiter Inlet Colony	53,438
14	Palm Beach	53,176
15	Parkland	52,845
16	Lamont	52,679
17	Highland Beach	52,634
18	Fish Hawk	51,640
19	Golf	51,607
20	Lake Butler	50,686
21	South Beach	50,180
22	Orangetree	49,539
23	Feather Sound	49,340
24	Waukeenah	48,900
25	Miami Shores	48,853
26	Sawgrass	48,850
27	Ocean Ridge	48,095
28	Longboat Key	47,908
29	Nocatee	47,635
30	Sanibel	47,541
31	Westchase	47,540
32	Keystone	47,345
33	Pinecrest	47,174
34	Fort Green Springs	46,806
35	Tierra Verde	46,544
36	Indialantic	46,061
37	Altoona	46,042
38	Gotha	45,933
39	Redington Beach	45,574
40	Gulf Breeze	45,379
41	Jacksonville Beach	45,037
42	Heathrow	44,940
43	Hillsboro Beach	44,219
44	Lighthouse Point	43,953
45	Bal Harbour	43,684
46	Naples	43,582
47	Bay Hill	42,944
48	Jupiter Island	42,596
49	Palm Valley	42,536
50	Belleair Beach	42,411
51	Wabasso Beach	42,131
52	Fruit Cove	42,109
53	Tiger Point	42,083
54	Hillsboro Pines	41,679
55	Belleair	41,652
56	Juno Beach	41,494
57	North Key Largo	41,435
58	Lake Mystic	41,406
59	Fleming Island	41,342
60	Sewall's Point	41,299
61	Treasure Island	41,008
62	Vineyards	40,901
63	Rio Pinar	40,789
64	Avalon	40,767
65	Three Oaks	40,664
66	Jupiter Farms	40,588
67	Oakland	40,446
68	Belle Isle	40,285
69	Coral Gables	40,273
70	Cudjoe Key	40,250
71	Siesta Key	40,239
72	Maitland	40,169
73	Cooper City	40,030
74	Bay Harbor Islands	40,007
75	Palmetto Bay	39,858
76	Viera West	39,793
77	Gateway	39,554
78	Pebble Creek	39,408
79	Weston	39,380
80	Neptune Beach	39,293
81	Cheval	39,271
82	Big Coppitt Key	38,899
83	East Lake	38,630
84	Wekiwa Springs	38,595
85	Palm Beach Gardens	38,586
86	Cinco Bayou	38,542
87	Aventura	38,493
88	Horizon West	38,491
89	Apollo Beach	38,471
90	Celebration	38,346
91	St. Marks	38,000
92	Manasota Key	37,969
93	Chuluota	37,670
94	Indian Rocks Beach	37,628
95	St. George Island	37,448
96	Jupiter	37,382
97	Spring Lake	37,381
98	Ponce Inlet	37,310
99	Wilton Manors	37,289
100	Montverde	37,267

* All values are inflation-adjusted