Kensington ParkFL
A town in Florida, home to 3,916 people. Public schools that outperform most of Florida.
Is Kensington Park a good place to live?
Kensington Park’s strongest subject is schools: its public schools beat 84% of Florida towns on state tests and graduation. Its overall grade is A−, better than 84% of U.S. towns. The ranking puts it 4th of 634 in Florida. Incomes are another plus: the median household earns $90K. At about $329K, a typical home costs 4.1 years of the North Port metro’s $81K median household income. What holds it back is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 87% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. On the outdoors, just 21 of Florida’s 779 towns do worse. The town’s January low is 51°F, close to Florida’s towns (51°F) and above U.S. towns (22°F).
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow · USGS PAD-US · NOAA normals, 1991–2020.
What makes Kensington Park stand out
Where Kensington Park beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
98% of working residents leave Kensington Park for work
Where Kensington Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Kensington Park grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Kensington Park is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Tropicana Field and 35 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Kensington Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi Stadium & arenaTropicana Field
18 mi BeachAnna Maria Island
4 mi MuseumJohn and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
30 mi MuseumSalvador Dalí Museum
23 mi Park & preserveFort De Soto Park
7 mi BeachSiesta BeachPhoto credits
Tropicana Field: EaglesFanInTampa, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Anna Maria Island: Bfpage at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0 · Salvador Dalí Museum: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0 · Fort De Soto Park: Christopher Hollis, Public domain · Siesta Beach: 4net, CC BY 3.0
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Moving to Kensington Park: who provides what
Kensington Park is unincorporated, so Sarasota County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Kensington Park.
Kensington Park pairs an A− for schools with modest home prices, has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Sarasota and beyond.
Kensington Park’s grade for schools is an A−
That grade comes with a B for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $329K. It ranks #24 of the 638 Florida towns we grade for schools.
One of its 2 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by the Sarasota school district. Enrollment at Kensington Park’s public school: 654 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gocio Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 654 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Very high risk in Kensington Park, with hurricanes at the top
The national flood insurance program has paid 13 claims in Kensington Park since 1992. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 65% come from hurricanes and 26% from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most people working in Kensington Park commute elsewhere
Kensington Park has 192 jobs for its 1,737 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
2.4% of working residents work locally in Kensington Park. Since 2013, Kensington Park has added 36 jobs, to 192 in 2023. The top destinations are Sarasota (19%), Fruitville (5%) and Lakewood Ranch (5%). The median commute is under 6 miles.
| Kensington Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.5% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $90,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Kensington Park has mild winters and hot summers
The Bradenton 5 Ese weather station, 6 miles away, records that about 116 days a year reach 90°, more than in 97% of U.S. towns. January nights average 51.1°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.7°.
Snow is almost unheard of. In Kensington Park, the July high is 92°F.
| Kensington Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 51°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Kensington Park ranks healthier than 56% of the country’s towns
Among adults in Kensington Park, 77% had a checkup this year. In Kensington Park, 19% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| Kensington Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Kensington Park | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.2% | 12.7% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 6.6% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Kensington Park’s grade for cost of living is a B
For households in Kensington Park, the share who live in a home they own is 79%. The town’s midpoint rent comes in at $972 a month. Bidding over the asking price: just over a third of homes sold locally.
| Kensington Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $972 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 79% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Kensington Park
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Kensington Park
About 7 of every 100 Kensington Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
About Kensington Park
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Kensington Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. The population was 3,697 at the 2020 census, down from 3,901 at the 2010 census. It is part of the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 20 ft
- Area code
- 941
Kensington Park’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Kensington Park.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington Park | #4 | A− | B | — | A− | B |
| The Meadows | #84 | B | D | — | A− | B+ |
Kensington Park and The Meadows report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Kensington Park with a neighbor →
Questions about Kensington Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kensington Park, FL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. It grades B for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Kensington Park, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $329,000, 12% below the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.