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Cost of living is where it shines: a typical home costs about $188K, 2.3 years of the North Port metro’s $81K median household income. At A− overall, Warm Mineral Springs is better than four fifths of U.S. towns and ranks 13th of 634 in Florida. It is strong on schools as well — its schools outperform 84% of the state's. The drawback is incomes — the median household income is $54K, and 15% of residents live below the poverty line. Hazard risk is weaker too: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 91% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Warm Mineral Springs Motel is on the National Register of Historic Places. 7% of residents are under 18 in the town, against 20% in Florida’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. Warm Mineral Springs’ age of the median resident is 71.4 years, where Florida’s towns sit at 42.4 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years.
Figures: home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results · FEMA National Risk Index · National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Warm Mineral Springs is from typical.
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Where Warm Mineral Springs beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Census counts: 4,041 in 1990, 5,442 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1958 and 3 maps from 1944 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Where Warm Mineral Springs’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Ordered by what stands out in Warm Mineral Springs.
Warm Mineral Springs trades lower home prices for longer drives to work, is a second-home town and has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns.
29% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes, against 7.8% statewide, which helps explain the older median age.
For adults 25 and older in Warm Mineral Springs, the share who hold a bachelor’s degree or more is 25%. People 65 and older are 70% of residents (21% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 19% of residents (38% statewide).
| Warm Mineral Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 7% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 71.4 years | 42.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 31% | 29% |
52.0% women, 48.0% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women. Median age: women 70.6, men 72.2.
| Warm Mineral Springs | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 2.9% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 4.1% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 0.4% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 3.7% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 1.8% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 3.9% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.8% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 32.5% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 37.8% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.9% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.2% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.7% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.5% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 12.3% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.4% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,500, single groups can be off by several points
Warm Mineral Springs has had 76 paid flood insurance claims since 1982. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 56% come from hurricanes and 31% from inland flooding. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Warm Mineral Springs once, in 2017.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Warm Mineral Springs has 227 jobs for its 1,418 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most people who work leave Warm Mineral Springs to do it: just 1% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in the town rose by 57, to 227. The top destinations are North Port (8%), Venice (6%) and Port Charlotte (6%). The average commute in the town is 25 minutes.
| Warm Mineral Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $54,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Myakka Rvr Sp weather station, 14 miles away, records that about 141 days a year reach 90°, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. January nights average 50.5°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 92.2°.
Snow is almost unheard of. For Warm Mineral Springs, the January low is 51°F.
| Warm Mineral Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 51°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 91°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 7,014 U.S. towns with household incomes like Warm Mineral Springs’s, it is healthier than 83%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Among adults in Warm Mineral Springs, 28% get no exercise outside work. CDC measures, 31 in all: Warm Mineral Springs beats Florida on 14 and trails on 9.
| Warm Mineral Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 15% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 52% | 37% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 87% | 79% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Warm Mineral Springs | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.3% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.1% | 8.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 19.4% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Homes are within reach (A for cost of living), but half of working residents commute more than 26 miles. At 2.3 years of the North Port metro’s $81K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 96% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its A for cost of living.
For Warm Mineral Springs, the median rent is $1,117 a month. In Warm Mineral Springs, 89% of households are owner-occupiers.
| Warm Mineral Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,117 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Warm Mineral Springs. Close and well known come first.
in town Ancient siteWarm Mineral Springs
29 mi MuseumJohn and Mable Ringling Museum of Art7 mi Park & preserveMyakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park
14 mi State parkMyakka River State Park
23 mi BeachSiesta Beach
26 mi State parkCayo Costa State ParkWarm Mineral Springs: Blas0082, Public domain · John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art: Taty2007, CC BY 3.0 · Myakka River State Park: Mx. Granger, CC0 · Siesta Beach: 4net, CC BY 3.0 · Cayo Costa State Park: https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrea_pauline/, CC BY-SA 2.0
Warm Mineral Springs 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.
None within 15 miles of Warm Mineral Springs; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Warm Mineral Springs residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Warm Mineral Springs is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. The population was 5,442 at the 2020 census, up from 5,061 at the 2010 census. It is part of the North Port–Bradenton–Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Warm Mineral Springs locale is notable for a free-flowing artesian spring. A large portion of the area was annexed by the municipality of North Port, and is now part of that city. The Warm Mineral Springs Motel designed by modernist architect Victor Lundy, one of the architects associated with the Sarasota School of Architecture, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warm Mineral Springs | #13 | A− | A | — | A− | B− |
| North Port | #127 | B | D | B+ | A− | B |
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By most measures, yes. Warm Mineral Springs grades A− overall, better than 80% of U.S. towns and #13 of 634 in Florida. It grades B− for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $188,000, 50% 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 A.
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