Longboat KeyFL
A town of 7,539. A typical home worth about $948K.
Population
7,539
+9% since 2010
Typical home
$948K
−3.5% in a year
Household income
$158K
median
Jobs based here
2,488
A job hub
What makes Longboat Key stand out The 3 things Longboat Key does most differently from other towns.
By the sea Longboat Key lives by the ocean Coastal flooding makes up 27% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
27% of expected storm damage is coastal flooding
100th percentile for coastal flood risk nationally
2,274 paid flood-insurance claims since 1978
16 storm & flood disasters paid out here
On the water
Quick Point Nature Preserve How did your street fare in the last storm?
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
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Housing
A typical Longboat Key home is worth about $948K The typical Longboat Key home is worth about $948,000, down 3.5% in a year, 152% above the Florida typical home.
$948K Zillow home value
Typical home value Longboat Key $948K
Florida $376K
Market temperature
Buyer’s market A balanced market Buyer’s Seller’s −3.5%
value change, 1 year
Work & commute
About one in eight working residents works right in Longboat Key Most working residents leave Longboat Key for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Sarasota (9%), Tampa (6%) and Bradenton (3%). Half commute less than 37 miles.
13% work in town
Where working residents work In Longboat Key 13%
Sarasota 9%
Tampa 6%
Bradenton 3%
St. Petersburg 3%
37 mi
median commute distance
2,488
jobs based in Longboat Key
A job hub
jobs vs. working residents
Health
Healthier than 88% of U.S. towns Longboat Key beats the Florida average on 17 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
A Health Grade
26 measures vs. Florida
What stands out Longboat Key FL Fewer uninsured adults 4.3% 15.9% Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth 4.6% 12.7% More adults who have had cancer 21.2% 9.1%
Hca Florida Blake Hospital
5.8 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health
91st
percentile among FL towns
Safety
Less crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns Longboat Key reports less crime per resident than 91% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
A Safety Grade
Violent crime per 1,000 residents Longboat Key 0.4
Florida 2.5
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000 residents Longboat Key 4
Florida 10.8
U.S. 15.5
91st
percentile among U.S. towns we grade
98th
percentile among FL towns
3
violent crimes reported in 2025
30
property crimes reported in 2025
Outdoors
1.2% of Longboat Key is conserved land 9.2 miles of trails across 4 parks and preserves.
#201 for trails in FL
Green: conserved land · dashed: trails · numbers: the places below 1.2%
conserved · 128 of 10,215 acres
9.2 mi
of trails · 0.6 per sq mi
Biggest places to walk Trails Acres 1. Quick Point Nature Preserve 0.4 mi 44 2. Bayfront Park Recreation Center — 9 3. Overlook Park — 2
Natural hazards
Very high risk, with hurricanes at the top Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 88% of U.S. communities.
88 risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
88 Very high risk Lower Higher Hurricanes Coastal flooding Inland flooding
2,274
paid flood claims since 1978
16
federal disasters paid out here
Climate
Mild winters, hot summers Longboat Key has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 91°, a January night drops to 53°, and snow is almost unheard of.
91° summer high
Typical low → high °F Winter 55–73°
Spring 64–82°
Summer 75–91°
Fall 68–84°
+1.4°
vs. the 20th-century average
A job hub Every workday, about 2,267 people come to Longboat Key for work Where Longboat Key’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
9% → Sarasota Sarasota 9%
6% → Tampa Tampa 6%
3% → Bradenton Bradenton 3%
3% → St. Petersburg St. Petersburg 3%
2% → Orlando Orlando 2%
2% → Lakewood Ranch Lakewood Ranch 2%
Longboat Key · 13% stay
2,488 jobs based in Longboat Key
13% of working residents work in town
37 mi median commute distance
How do you get to work from Longboat Key?
Census LEHD 2023
1983 · An air-to-air left-side view of an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft over MacDill Air Force Base, Florida · Wikimedia Commons
Longboat Key’s story
Longboat Key in pictures
8 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 1 places on the National Register.
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Longboat Key is a town in Manatee and Sarasota counties along the central west coast of the U.S. state of Florida, located on and coterminous with the barrier island of the same name. Longboat Key is south of Anna Maria Island, between Sarasota Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. It is almost equally divided between Manatee and Sarasota counties. The town of Longboat Key was incorporated in 1955 and is part of the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town's population was 7,505 at the 2020 census, up from 6,888 at the 2010 census.
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Population 7,505
Area 16 sq mi
Elevation 3 ft
ZIP code 34228
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