Longboat Key is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Longboat Key, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
What kind of neighbors does Longboat Key have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
If Longboat Key were 100 people
About 7,359 people live in Longboat Key (2025 Census estimate).
Median age 71.2 (FL 42.6).
About 87 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.7 points). Median age: women 70.5, men 71.8.
Counted by household. Plus 49.6% of homes are seasonal.
Adults 25 and older.
The commute averages 24 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Longboat Key says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Neighbors next door
None of the 1 bordering towns has a member yet either. Invite a friend next door.
Start the first group in Longboat Key
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Longboat Key’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Longboat Key or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Longboat Key in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.