Manasota KeyFL
A town of 1,711.
Is Manasota Key a good place to live?
The best of Manasota Key’s subject grades are an A for walkability and the outdoors; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. 62% of residents are 65 or older in Manasota Key, where Florida’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 18%. Homes are expensive, about $690K for a typical one and 9.9 times the Punta Gorda metro’s $70K median household income. 13% of the land in Manasota Key is conserved, above both Florida’s towns (3%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 45 of Florida’s 779 towns score higher on the outdoors. The biggest park or preserve is Stump Pass Beach State Park, at 226 acres. Manasota Key has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Manasota Key stand out
Where Manasota Key beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Manasota Key lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 10% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
- Stump Pass Beach State Park Directions ↗
- Englewood Beach
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
How Manasota Key grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Manasota Key is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Manasota Key: who provides what
Manasota Key is unincorporated, so Charlotte 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 Manasota Key.
Hurricanes leads a very high hazard risk in Manasota Key
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 89% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Manasota Key, expect mild winters and hot summers
Manasota Key has warm winters and hot summers, with plenty of rain. Manasota Key’s July high is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Florida and the rest of the country, more of Manasota Key’s adults had a checkup this year
88% of Manasota Key adults had a checkup this year. Manasota Key beats the Florida average on 16 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 7.5% of Manasota Key adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| Manasota Key | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 15% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 51% | 37% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 88% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Manasota Key | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 4.5% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 3% | 8.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 19.4% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Stump Pass Beach State Park | 0.9 mi | 226 |
| 2. Englewood Beach | 0.4 mi | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Manasota Key stands out in Florida and nationally, with fewer of its residents who live below the poverty line
2.4% of residents live below the poverty line in Manasota Key. Jobs based in Manasota Key grew to 524 in 2023, 232 more than in 2013. Most working residents leave Manasota Key for work: only 5% work in town.
| Manasota Key | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.5% | 5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Homes in Manasota Key sell for about $517K
The median sale price was $517,000 in May 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Manasota Key. Close and well known come first.
34 mi MuseumJohn and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
11 mi Ancient siteWarm Mineral Springs17 mi Park & preserveMyakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park
19 mi State parkCayo Costa State Park
27 mi BeachSiesta Beach
22 mi State parkMyakka River State ParkPhoto credits
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0 · Warm Mineral Springs: Blas0082, Public domain · Cayo Costa State Park: https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrea_pauline/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Siesta Beach: 4net, CC BY 3.0 · Myakka River State Park: Mx. Granger, CC0
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Everything we know about Manasota Key
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Manasota Key; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Manasota Key residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
About Manasota Key
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Manasota Key is a census-designated place (CDP) consisting mainly of the community of Englewood Beach in Charlotte County, Florida, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,326 at the 2020 census, up from 1,229 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Punta Gorda, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area, included in the North Port-Bradenton, Florida Combined Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 3.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 0 ft
- Area code
- 941
Manasota Key’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Manasota Key.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manasota Key | — | — | D | — | B− | B |
| Englewood | #222 | C+ | C | — | A− | B |
Manasota Key has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Manasota Key and Englewood report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Manasota Key with a neighbor →
Questions about Manasota Key
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Manasota Key, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $690,000, 84% above 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 D.