2024 Compare Cities Economy:
Alachua, FL vs Sarasota, FL

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Highlights
- Household income in Sarasota, is 5% less than it is in Alachua and is 10% below the National Average.
- Alachua unemployment rate is 4.0%.
- Sarasota unemployment rate is 4.6%.
 Alachua, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Unemployment Rate4.0%4.6%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth1.6%2.6%1.6%
 Future Job Growth40.7%44.6%33.5%
 Sales Taxes7.0%7.0%6.2%
 Income Taxes0.0%0.0%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$36,179$48,380$37,638
 Household Income$65,838$62,615$69,021
 Family Median Income$80,573$78,851$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Alachua, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K12.6%9.7%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K2.7%4.6%3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K2.4%11.0%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K8.1%8.8%8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K3.9%8.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K14.4%5.8%7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K13.2%9.7%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K14.7%11.7%12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K16.9%14.2%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K7.2%5.8%7.8%
 Income greater than 200K4.0%10.2%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Alachua, FLSarasota, FLUnited States
 Management, business, finance13.2%13.8%16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science10.9%3.3%6.5%
 Community, social services6.2%2.0%1.8%
 Legal2.2%1.4%1.2%
 Education, library5.2%5.7%6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment5.5%3.6%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology5.9%5.5%6.2%
 Healthcare support5.2%4.7%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement6.4%1.6%2.1%
 Food preparation, serving3.3%11.1%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.0%5.6%3.6%
 Personal care2.0%4.0%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support22.2%20.8%20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry0.6%0.3%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair1.6%8.8%8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving7.5%7.9%13.1%
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Reviews for Sarasota    105 Reviews

Sarasota is my home from birth but those of us who have lived here long enough to have seen the devolution of what was once an easy to navigate, clean, low crime beach  More

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Starting to love Sarasota: Wife and I moved to Osprey- a small suburb between Sarasota and Venice. We're about 13 miles to downtown Sarasota, so not "city dwellers".   More

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As always, anyone considering moving to anyplace new, including Sarasota, needs to come down and spend a month or two before actually moving here. The city is overrun  More

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