Venice GardensFL
A town of 3,280.
Is Venice Gardens a good place to live?
Venice Gardens grades B overall, 107th of 634 graded towns in Florida, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its schools rank ahead of 84% of Florida towns and it is more walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. On the other side, FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 84% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Venice Gardens’ January low is 52°F, where Florida’s towns sit at 51°F and U.S. towns at 22°F.
What makes Venice Gardens stand out
Where Venice Gardens beats most towns.
Venice Gardens has shrunk 52% from 2010 to 2020
7,104 counted in 2010 and 3,402 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Venice Gardens grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Venice Gardens is from typical.
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Moving to Venice Gardens: who provides what
Venice Gardens 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 Venice Gardens.
Venice Gardens has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has commutes shorter than most of Florida.
The biggest natural risk in Venice Gardens is hurricanes, at a very high overall level
FEMA puts 70% of Venice Gardens’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 20% to inland flooding. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 2003: 4. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Venice Gardens once, in 2017.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Venice Gardens has 0.5 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
The average commute for its 1,340 working residents takes 20.6 minutes, against 28 across Florida. Jobs based here grew from 423 in 2013 to 682.
Half the trips to work are shorter than 18 miles. Since 2013, Venice Gardens has added 259 jobs, to 682 in 2023. Commuting out is the norm locally: 2% of working residents work locally. For Venice Gardens, the mean commuting time is 21 minutes.
| Venice Gardens | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Venice Gardens has mild winters and hot summers
The Venice weather station records that about 120 days a year reach 90°, more than in 98% of U.S. towns. January nights average 51.9°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 92°.
Venice Gardens’ typical July afternoon high stands at 92°F. Snow almost never falls.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer adults under 35 in Venice Gardens than across Florida
In Venice Gardens, 18% of residents are under 18. Adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (21% statewide); people 65 and older are 27% of residents (21% statewide). Also worth knowing: for Venice Gardens, the median age is 52.3 years. College graduates make up 28% of adults 25 and older, against 34% across Florida.
| Venice Gardens | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52.3 years | 42.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 27% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 18% | 20% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.6 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Venice Gardens | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.2% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.6% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 1.5% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 6.9% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 21.1% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.5% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.1% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.1% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.4% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.8% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.8% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.6% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.4% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,300, single groups can be off by several points
Residents of Venice Gardens are healthier than 60% of U.S. towns
Against the 10,583 U.S. towns with household incomes like Venice Gardens’s, it is healthier than 75%, so its B isn’t only a matter of income.
The share of adults in Venice Gardens who report frequent physical distress: 15%. The town beats the Florida average on 12 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 6. Two figures for adults locally: 41% have high blood pressure, 82% had a checkup this year.
| Venice Gardens | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 37% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 79% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Venice Gardens | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.6% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.5% | 8.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13.2% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Venice Gardens Park | — | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Venice Gardens sell for about $344K
83% of households live in a home they own in Venice Gardens. Venice Gardens’ rent at the middle of the market comes in at $1,393 a month. A home in Venice Gardens typically sold within 30 days of listing.
| Venice Gardens | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 83% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,393 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Anna Maria Island and 21 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Venice Gardens. Close and well known come first.
36 mi BeachAnna Maria Island
23 mi MuseumJohn and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
9 mi Ancient siteWarm Mineral Springs
16 mi BeachSiesta Beach14 mi Park & preserveMyakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park
13 mi State parkMyakka River State ParkPhoto credits
Anna Maria Island: Bfpage at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0 · Warm Mineral Springs: Blas0082, Public domain · Siesta Beach: 4net, CC BY 3.0 · Myakka River State Park: Mx. Granger, CC0
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Everything we know about Venice Gardens
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Venice Gardens; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Venice Gardens residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
98% of working residents leave Venice Gardens for work
Where Venice Gardens’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Venice Gardens
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Venice Gardens is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. The population was 3,402 at the 2020 census, down from 7,104 at the 2010 census. It is part of the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 2.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 13 ft
- Area code
- 941
Venice Gardens’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Venice Gardens.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venice Gardens | #107 | B | C | — | A− | B |
| South Venice | #176 | B− | C | — | A− | B |
Venice Gardens and South Venice report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Venice Gardens with a neighbor →
Questions about Venice Gardens
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Venice Gardens, FL a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Venice Gardens grades B overall, better than 57% of U.S. towns and #107 of 634 in Florida. It grades B for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Venice Gardens, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $347,000, 8% 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 C.