Rank

1167of 3,144

Sarasota, Florida

Score 6.51 / 10· population 469,013

Hurricane Milton came ashore on Siesta Key, along Sarasota County's Gulf Coast, as a Category 3 storm in October 2024, and its surge covered land 6 to 9 feet deep from Venice southward. Two years earlier, Myakka River flooding from Hurricane Ian closed part of Interstate 75 in the county's south. The median resident was 57.6 years old in 2024, and people lived 80.3 years on average in 2020-2022, more than two years longer than Florida's 78.1.

Sources
  • Milton's center made landfall on Siesta Key, Florida, at 0030 UTC 10 October 2024 with maximum sustained winds near 100 kt (category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale). nhc.noaa.gov
  • Milton's storm surge inundation of 6-9 ft above ground level occurred from Venice southward to Boca Grande. nhc.noaa.gov
  • During Hurricane Ian (2022), a portion of Interstate 75 in southern Sarasota County was shut down due to flooding from the Myakka River. nhc.noaa.gov
  • The Sarasota area is set along Florida's Gulf Coast; Visit Sarasota County lists Siesta Key, Venice and North Port among its areas. visitsarasota.com
  • ACS 2024 1-year estimate (year 2024): median age in Sarasota County was 57.6. api.censusreporter.org
  • Life expectancy is 80.25 years in Sarasota County and 78.07 years in Florida (County Health Rankings 2025 release). countyhealthrankings.org
  • In the 2025 County Health Rankings release, Life Expectancy uses 2020-2022 data. countyhealthrankings.org

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.6
  2. 2A (state)8.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President5.9
  4. Sales tax3.6
  5. Property tax6.4

Environment

  1. Air quality5.4
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.1

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.6
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees8.9
  4. Single-parent households4.7

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