What is the median rent in Lakewood Ranch, FL?

Name: Median rent in Lakewood Ranch, FL, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Lakewood Ranch, FL is $2,299 (±$114) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 3,530 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $2,299 (±$114)
Rented homes: 3,530 (±444)
$2,000 or more: 68.7%

How much rent costs in Lakewood Ranch

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Lakewood Ranch	Manatee County	Florida	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±1.5 points)	2.4%	3.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	1.0% (±1.2 points)	9.9%	10.7%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	3.3% (±2.6 points)	28.0%	26.0%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	27.1% (±7.5 points)	28.3%	28.8%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	31.2% (±7.8 points)	17.4%	17.4%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	18.4% (±6.2 points)	8.1%	7.2%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	19.1% (±6.3 points)	5.9%	6.3%	6.8%

The most common range is $2,000 to $2,499, paid by 31.2% of renting households.

68.7% of rented homes in Lakewood Ranch cost $2,000 or more a month.

Lakewood Ranch against Manatee County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Lakewood Ranch	Manatee County	Florida	United States
Median gross rent	$2,299 (±$114)	$1,671 (±$34)	$1,669 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	3,530 (±444)	43,676 (±1,641)	2,716,443 (±16,958)	42,849,984

In Lakewood Ranch, median gross rent is higher than in Manatee County ($1,671).

It is also higher than in Florida ($1,669).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Manatee County, Lakewood Ranch ranks 2 of 15 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 69 of 793.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Lakewood Ranch

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Lakewood Ranch
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Lakewood Ranch	—	$2,299 (±$114)	—
The Meadows	6.8 mi	$1,740 (±$92)	Lower
Desoto Lakes	7.5 mi	$1,468 (±$282)	Lower
Fruitville	7.7 mi	$1,977 (±$100)	Lower
Kensington Park	8.1 mi	$972 (±$356)	Lower
Lake Sarasota	9.3 mi	$1,986 (±$234)	Lower
North Sarasota	9.5 mi	$2,076 (±$244)	Not measurably different
Sarasota Springs	9.6 mi	$2,137 (±$98)	Lower
Samoset	10 mi	$1,386 (±$161)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: The Meadows, FL ($1,740), Desoto Lakes, FL ($1,468), Fruitville, FL ($1,977).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Manatee County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Longboat Key	$3,500 or more
2	Lakewood Ranch	$2,299 (±$114)
3	Whitfield	$2,113 (±$293)
4	Cortez	$1,894 (±$207)
5	West Bradenton	$1,858 (±$207)
6	Holmes Beach	$1,771 (±$162)
7	Ellenton	$1,729 (±$181)
8	Bradenton	$1,618 (±$61)

Showing 8 of 15 places in Manatee County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Lakewood Ranch is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Lakewood Ranch

What is the average rent in Lakewood Ranch, FL?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Lakewood Ranch is $2,299 (±$114) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Lakewood Ranch cost more than $2,000 a month?

68.7% of rented homes in Lakewood Ranch have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Lakewood Ranch higher than in Manatee County?

In Lakewood Ranch, median gross rent is higher than in Manatee County ($1,671).

It is also higher than in Florida ($1,669).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Lakewood Ranch CDP, Florida (place:39067, in state:12).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.