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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Drive alone to work in Sarasota

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 164 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 1, 2026
Education & commute · Sarasota Sarasota County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 71.5% −0.6 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 164 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 −3.4 pp
vs Sarasota County −0.0 pp Sarasota County: 71.5% · 2024
Drive alone to work, 2013 – 2024 percent · Sarasota · Sarasota County · Florida · United States
−3.4 pp since 2014
Sarasota Sarasota County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Drive alone to work · percent
Sarasota
71.5%
Sarasota County
71.5%
Florida
70.2%
United States
68.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates

The series at a glance Sarasota · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 71.5% · 2024
First value 76.7% · 2013
Highest 78.6% · 2018
Lowest 71.5% · 2024
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearSarasotaChange Sarasota CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 71.5% −0.6 pp 71.5% 70.2% 68.8%
2023estimate 72.1% −0.1 pp 72.9% 72.1% 70.2%
2022estimate 72.1% −1.6 pp 75.0% 74.1% 71.7%
2021estimate 73.7% −1.8 pp 77.9% 76.1% 73.2%
2020estimate 75.5% −2.2 pp 79.8% 77.7% —
2019estimate 77.6% −1.0 pp 81.5% 79.1% —
2018estimate 78.6% +0.1 pp 82.6% 79.4% —
2017estimate 78.5% +0.5 pp 83.1% 79.5% —
2016estimate 78.1% +0.1 pp 82.6% 79.5% —
2015estimate 78.0% +3.1 pp 82.9% 79.6% —
2014estimate 74.9% −1.8 pp 82.5% 79.6% —
2013estimate 76.7% 82.2% 79.5% —

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryDrive alone to work
25 Alva 86.3%
331 Anna Maria 70.2%
348 Apalachicola 66.9%
115 Apollo Beach 81.9%
214 Atlantic Beach 78.1%
81 Atlantis 83.1%
266 Aventura 75.5%
144 Bagdad 80.8%
366 Bal Harbour 61.3%
90 Baldwin 82.7%
328 Bay Harbor Islands 70.4%
151 Bay Pines 80.7%
130 Bayonet Point 81.4%
121 Bayshore Gardens 81.7%
6 Bell 90.3%
362 Belle Glade 63.2%
250 Belleair 76.3%
322 Belleair Beach 70.8%
265 Belleair Bluffs 75.6%
59 Bellview 83.8%
141 Beverly Hills 81.0%
254 Big Pine Key 76.1%
32 Biscayne Park 85.9%
51 Bloomingdale 84.4%
231 Boca Raton 77.3%
…
178 Safety Harbor 79.2%
22 San Antonio 86.6%
368 Sanibel 59.6%
199 Sarasota 78.6%
162 Satellite Beach 80.2%
262 Sawgrass 75.7%
303 Sea Ranch Lakes 72.6%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2018

What it means

The share of workers who drive to work alone.

How it is calculated

Workers who drove alone in a car, truck or van divided by all workers aged 16 and over.