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Longboat Key

Town, Manatee County (also Sarasota). Population 7,445 (2025), -1.2% on the prior year, -0.8% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Longboat Key

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 4.08 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population7,445Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519798k high2025
Change since the prior year-1.2%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020-0.8%2020 to 2025
Census 20207,5052020

University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Florida Estimates of Population, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Population estimates

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Basis of the latest figureestimate2025

Population by year

April 1 of each year. Basis is census in a census year, otherwise BEBR's estimate.

YearPopulationBasisChange
20257,445estimate-1.2%
20247,532estimate-0.1%
20237,537estimate+0.2%
20227,519estimate0.0%
20217,519estimate+0.2%
20207,505census+6.6%
20197,043estimate+0.8%
20186,990estimate+0.8%
20176,934estimate+0.8%
20166,879estimate+0.5%
20156,845estimate+0.3%
20146,825estimate-0.9%
20136,884estimate+0.1%
20126,878estimate-0.1%
20116,882estimate-0.1%
20106,888census-9.8%
20097,633estimate-0.8%
20087,697estimate+0.1%
20077,691estimate+0.3%
20067,665estimate0.0%
20057,662estimate0.0%
20047,665estimate0.0%
20037,668estimate+0.1%
20027,657estimate+0.3%
20017,631estimate+0.4%
20007,603census+13.6%
19996,695estimate-0.5%
19986,730estimate+1.9%
19976,604estimate+0.7%
19966,556estimate+1.6%
19956,453estimate+0.9%
19946,397estimate+0.9%
19936,337estimate+1.2%
19926,260estimate+2.1%
19916,134estimaten/a
19896,767estimate+2.6%
19886,595estimate+2.3%
19876,448estimate+2.3%
19866,306estimate+1.1%
19856,240estimate+11.2%
19845,611estimate+4.7%
19835,359estimate+2.5%
19825,227estimate+3.5%
19815,052estimaten/a
19798,008estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Manatee County)4.9%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201613.0% highAug 2026
Labor force (Manatee County)202,370Aug 2026
Employment (Manatee County)192,517Aug 2026
Unemployed (Manatee County)9,853Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.5%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.5%Aug 2026

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Labor force page

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Latest month is preliminaryyesAug 2026

Monthly, last three years

Not seasonally adjusted. The latest month may be preliminary.

MonthLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
Aug 2026202,370192,5179,8534.9%
Jul 2026202,328192,28010,0485.0%
Jun 2026204,656194,7129,9444.9%
May 2026203,332193,7669,5664.7%
Apr 2026204,290194,4819,8094.8%
Mar 2026203,444193,8949,5504.7%
Feb 2026204,091193,61310,4785.1%
Jan 2026202,645191,87810,7675.3%
Dec 2025202,536192,9799,5574.7%
Nov 2025202,516191,81110,7055.3%
Sep 2025201,901192,6899,2124.6%
Aug 2025201,355192,2399,1164.5%
Jul 2025202,595193,7528,8434.4%
Jun 2025202,581194,2298,3524.1%
May 2025201,943194,4837,4603.7%
Apr 2025202,979195,9007,0793.5%
Mar 2025202,757195,5337,2243.6%
Feb 2025202,145194,6097,5363.7%
Jan 2025202,195194,4227,7733.8%
Dec 2024199,427192,6276,8003.4%
Nov 2024198,358190,5947,7643.9%
Oct 2024197,192189,3407,8524.0%
Sep 2024200,801193,2657,5363.8%
Aug 2024200,091192,1887,9033.9%
Jul 2024201,992194,0367,9563.9%
Jun 2024202,068194,7207,3483.6%
May 2024200,562194,2606,3023.1%
Apr 2024200,707194,7235,9843.0%
Mar 2024200,919194,6346,2853.1%
Feb 2024199,532192,9816,5513.3%
Jan 2024199,050192,3026,7483.4%
Dec 2023195,504189,5995,9053.0%
Nov 2023195,796189,4416,3553.2%
Oct 2023196,460189,8256,6353.4%
Sep 2023195,483188,7286,7553.5%
Aug 2023195,631188,7536,8783.5%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025202,319193,8778,4424.2%
2024200,059192,9737,0863.5%
2023194,465188,4985,9673.1%
2022185,295179,7755,5203.0%
2021178,413171,0467,3674.1%
2020172,570160,29212,2787.1%
2019175,519169,8725,6473.2%
2018173,270167,2026,0683.5%
2017170,336163,4416,8954.0%
2016167,176159,4497,7274.6%
2015164,712156,2778,4355.1%
2014159,591150,0819,5106.0%
2013154,383143,54510,8387.0%
2012149,559136,96312,5968.4%
2011147,672132,71614,95610.1%

Tourist tax

Mar 2014
Collections, latest month$260KTourist tax collections by month, Apr 2011 to Mar 2014Apr 2011$260K highMar 2014
Change on the same month a year earlier+6.2%Mar 2014
Last 12 months$1.38MMar 2014
Fiscal year to date$826KFY2014 to date (Oct 2013 to Mar 2014)

Manatee County Tax Collector resort tax collection reports (archived web reports), retrieved 2026-09-28 | Manatee County tourist tax

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Monthly collections, last three years

MonthCollectionsChange
Mar 2014$260K+6.2%
Feb 2014$190K+4.6%
Jan 2014$129K+3.2%
Dec 2013$106K+24.1%
Nov 2013$84.9K+24.7%
Oct 2013$57.4K+10.3%
Sep 2013$54.8K+24.8%
Aug 2013$74.5K-10.9%
Jul 2013$134K+45.6%
Jun 2013$90K-8.4%
May 2013$81.6K-9.6%
Apr 2013$116K-12.8%
Mar 2013$245K+8.8%
Feb 2013$182K+3.6%
Jan 2013$125K+23.5%
Dec 2012$85.2K+18.1%
Nov 2012$68.1K+16.4%
Oct 2012$52K-0.7%
Sep 2012$43.9K-2.3%
Aug 2012$83.5K+33.3%
Jul 2012$92.1K-11.7%
Jun 2012$98.3K+13.8%
May 2012$90.2K+16.4%
Apr 2012$133K-3.6%
Mar 2012$225Kn/a
Feb 2012$175Kn/a
Jan 2012$101Kn/a
Dec 2011$72.2Kn/a
Nov 2011$58.5Kn/a
Oct 2011$52.4Kn/a
Sep 2011$44.9Kn/a
Aug 2011$62.7Kn/a
Jul 2011$104Kn/a
Jun 2011$86.4Kn/a
May 2011$77.5Kn/a
Apr 2011$138Kn/a

Fiscal years (October to September)

A fiscal year with months missing is marked partial.

Fiscal yearCollectionsMonths
FY2014$826K6partial
FY2013$1.31M12n/a
FY2012$1.23M12n/a
FY2011$514K6partial

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses161New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20169 highAug 2026
Food service licenses33Aug 2026
Lodging licenses97Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses31Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months1Aug 2026
Establishments (ZIP basis)2392023
Employees, mid March (ZIP basis)1,7502023
Annual payroll (ZIP basis)$102M2023

County Business Patterns and ZIP Code Business Patterns, complete data files, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Licenses

Licenses are placed inside the city limits by their geocoded address.

Establishments, employment and payroll are a ZIP code basis: ZIP codes 34228.

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Licenses by type

Counted licenses in DBPR's food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage files, placed by geocoded address.

License typeFileActive
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging37
2010-SEATfood30
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging18
2006-CNDO-GRPlodging15
2006-CNDO-CLCTlodging10
4COP-SFSalcohol9
2COPalcohol7
2003-TAPTlodging7
2002-MOTLlodging5
4COPalcohol4
2APSalcohol4
4COP-Salcohol3
2010-NOSTfood3
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging3
2001-HOTLlodging2
11Calcohol1
11CGalcohol1
13CTalcohol1
3PSalcohol1

ZIP Code Business Patterns, 2023

ZIP codes 34228: the ZIP codes whose Census internal point falls inside the city limits. A ZIP code crosses the limits, so this is a ZIP basis, not the city.

ZIP codeEstablishmentsEmployeesAnnual payroll
342282391,750$102M

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months25Housing units permitted by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 201610 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+4.2%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$39.5MAug 2026
Units, latest month2Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months25Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table252025

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place and county residential permits, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Building permits

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Monthly, last three years

Residential permits as the Bureau publishes them; imputed months are the Bureau's imputations.

MonthUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
Aug 2026220$3.43M
Jul 2026110$1.62M
Jun 2026330$3.33M
May 2026110$1.8M
Apr 2026110$1M
Mar 2026440$4.26M
Feb 2026220$5.9M
Jan 2026110$968K
Dec 2025660$9.86M
Nov 2025110$1.8M
Oct 2025220$2.93M
Sep 2025110$2.58M
Aug 2025110$1.7M
Jul 2025000$0
Jun 2025220$2.48M
May 2025440$6.69M
Apr 2025550$8.11M
Mar 2025220$3.96M
Feb 2025000$0
Jan 2025110$2M
Dec 2024330$4.72M
Nov 2024330$4.3M
Oct 2024220$2.2M
Sep 2024110$525K
Aug 2024110$2.4M
Jul 2024110$2M
Jun 2024110$720K
May 2024440$3.91M
Apr 2024000$0
Mar 2024660$8.65M
Feb 2024220$2.66M
Jan 2024110$1.02M
Dec 2023330$2.85M
Nov 2023220$1.37M
Oct 2023000$0
Sep 2023220$2.47M

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
202525250$42.1M
202425250$33.1M
2023351916$27.1M
202214140$15.8M
202116160$13.2M
202020200$16.5M
201922220$18.3M
201820200$14.3M
2017332310$34M
2016291811$31.1M
201514140$12.2M
2014321616$33.2M
201312120$7.72M
2012770$4.34M
2011000$0

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$3.59B
Total taxable value (non school)$2.95B2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$3.11B2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+8.8%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+13.1%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$3.3B2025 final roll
New construction value$25.6M2026 preliminary
Parcels3,7662026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll (name, address, legal), 2026 preliminary and final as posted, retrieved 2026-10-03

Parcels are placed by Census block group through the Census Bureau's block assignment file; a parcel in a block group that straddles the limits is apportioned. Census 2020 block groups; 48% of the county's just value lies in a place. Medians are over the parcels whose block group lies mostly in the place. Qualified sales: the roll's own sale fields, qualification codes 01 and 02, improved, single parcel.

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Median single family just value$1.48M2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months156Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$715KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$3.28B2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$102M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$157M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$18M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$30.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$307K2026 preliminary

Just value by use group

Department of Revenue land use codes grouped: residential 001 to 009, commercial 011 to 039, industrial 041 to 049, agricultural 050 to 069, vacant 000, 010, 040 and 070, institutional 071 to 079, government 080 to 089, other 090 to 099. Taxable is the non school taxable value. Just value change compares with the 2025 final roll, summed the same way.

Use groupParcelsJust valueTaxable (non school)New constructionResidential unitsJust value change
Residential3,436$3.28B$2.71B$25.2M3,322+8.0%
Commercial42$102M$95.4M$265Kn/a+1.9%
Vacant205$157M$146M$64.6Kn/a+38.2%
Institutional4$18M$0$0n/a+5.1%
Government56$30.4M$280K$0n/a+0.4%
Other23$307K$303K$0n/a+0.1%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units9,935Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199094.0% high2024
Occupied units4,2222020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units5,7132020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households3,9532020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households2692020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate93.6%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)36.2%2025
Cost burdened renter households44.6%2025

Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Housing data

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Severely cost burdened renters (over 50%)32.5%2025
Median gross rent$3.5K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$2.23M2024

Cost burden by income, 2025

Households by the share of income spent on housing, Shimberg Center estimates for 2025.

TenureIncome (share of area median)30% or less30.1 to 50%Over 50%
All households30% AMI or less2631106
All households30.01-50% AMI230133
All households50.01-80% AMI3666102
All households80.01-120% AMI204646
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI1,622240209
Renters30% AMI or less0034
Renters30.01-50% AMI1300
Renters50.01-80% AMI000
Renters80.01-120% AMI000
RentersGreater than 120% AMI792020
Owners30% AMI or less263172
Owners30.01-50% AMI100133
Owners50.01-80% AMI3666102
Owners80.01-120% AMI204646
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI1,543220189

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$532K31
1997$613K46
1998$641K58
1999$750K66
2000$700K85
2001$760K81
2002$800K96
2003$870K79
2004$1.06M119
2005$1.25M91
2006$1.2M48
2007$1.5M45
2008$1.04M56
2009$900K41
2010$875K37
2011$799K47
2012$815K62
2013$892K64
2014$928K66
2015$954K62

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$62.6KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$89.2K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$787KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$787KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-6.7%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$20.1KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$247KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$247KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+0.4%Sep 2026

Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Expenditures and Revenues Reported by Florida's County and Municipal Governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Revenue, Revenue Confirmation Online, distributions to local governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Financial Services, LOGERx local government Annual Financial Report data, long-term debt outstanding, retrieved 2026-10-04 | Distributions Annual financial report

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Total revenues$73.7MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+20.9%FY2024
Total expenditures$61MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+11.6%FY2024
Revenues per resident$9.79KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$36.6MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-13.4%FY2025

Half-cent sales tax, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$62.6K
Aug 2026$64K
Jul 2026$63.9K
Jun 2026$70.7K
May 2026$80.9K
Apr 2026$68.3K
Mar 2026$68.4K
Feb 2026$70.2K
Jan 2026$61.6K
Dec 2025$61.2K
Nov 2025$59.2K
Oct 2025$56K
Sep 2025$69.1K
Aug 2025$68.2K
Jul 2025$70.2K
Jun 2025$79.3K
May 2025$84.5K
Apr 2025$75.1K
Mar 2025$68.9K
Feb 2025$77.4K
Jan 2025$71.6K
Dec 2024$63.4K
Nov 2024$56K
Oct 2024$60.2K
Sep 2024$65.6K
Aug 2024$67.8K
Jul 2024$71.4K
Jun 2024$76.5K
May 2024$86.7K
Apr 2024$76.3K
Mar 2024$72.5K
Feb 2024$79.4K
Jan 2024$69.4K
Dec 2023$67.5K
Nov 2023$64.8K
Oct 2023$62.1K

State revenue sharing, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$20.1K
Aug 2026$20.1K
Jul 2026$20.1K
Jun 2026$20.4K
May 2026$20.4K
Apr 2026$20.4K
Mar 2026$20.4K
Feb 2026$20.4K
Jan 2026$20.4K
Dec 2025$21.6K
Nov 2025$21.6K
Oct 2025$21.6K
Sep 2025$22.2K
Aug 2025$22.2K
Jul 2025$22.2K
Jun 2025$19.6K
May 2025$19.6K
Apr 2025$19.6K
Mar 2025$19.6K
Feb 2025$19.6K
Jan 2025$19.6K
Dec 2024$19.6K
Nov 2024$21.3K
Oct 2024$21.3K
Sep 2024$21.3K
Aug 2024$21.3K
Jul 2024$21.3K
Jun 2024$21.5K
May 2024$21.5K
Apr 2024$21.5K
Mar 2024$21.5K
Feb 2024$21.5K
Jan 2024$21.5K
Dec 2023$21.5K
Nov 2023$21.5K
Oct 2023$21.5K

Long-term debt by fiscal year

Total long-term debt outstanding at fiscal year end, all funds, as the government reported it to the Department of Financial Services in its Annual Financial Report.

Fiscal yearDebt outstandingChange
FY2025$36.6M-13.4%
FY2024$42.3M-21.1%
FY2023$53.6M0.0%
FY2022$53.6M-9.3%
FY2021$59.1M+28.5%
FY2020$46M-3.7%
FY2019$47.8M+166.7%
FY2018$17.9M+12.7%
FY2017$15.9M-18.3%
FY2016$19.4M+59.4%
FY2015$12.2M-1.3%
FY2014$12.4M-6.2%
FY2013$13.2Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$23.5M$19.2M+22.7%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$6.07M$6.68M-9.2%
Intergovernmental Revenues$3.9M$4.56M-14.5%
Charges for Services$12.3M$11.2M+9.7%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$110K$87.4K+26.3%
Miscellaneous Revenues$17.5M$11.9M+46.8%
Other Sources$10.4M$7.36M+40.8%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Permits and Franchise Feesn/an/an/a

Expenditures by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Services (Not Court-Related)$19.1M$18.1M+5.2%
Public Safety$16.1M$13.9M+15.6%
Physical Environment$11.8M$10.6M+11.6%
Transportation$1.86M$1.07M+73.9%
Economic Environment$8.26K$8.26K0.0%
Culture / Recreation$1.78M$3.6M-50.6%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$10.4M$7.36M+40.8%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$0Deposits, June 30 each year, 1994 to 20261994$73.6M high2026
Branches0June 30, 2026
Institutions0June 30, 2026
Branches opened since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026
Branches closed since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026

FDIC Summary of Deposits, Florida offices, every June 30 since 1994, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Bank deposits

Offices whose reported city is Longboat Key.

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Offices, June 30, 2026

Deposits as each office reports them to the FDIC; the city is the one the bank reports, not a municipal boundary.

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