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Bee Ridge, Florida.

A community in Sarasota County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Sarasota County’s.

Living in Bee Ridge, Sarasota County, Florida

Bee Ridge, in Sarasota County, had 9,955 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $75,906 a year and half less, against $83,416 across Sarasota County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 82% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 18% are rented. Unemployment in Sarasota County was 5.0% in August 2026, and the county had 2.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in professional services, then schools and health care.

People 9,955 in the 2020 census; median age 54.1
Household income $75,906 the median, give or take $10,121 · Sarasota County: $83,416
Unemployment 5.0% Sarasota County, August 2026; 4.6% a year before
Homes 82% lived in by their owners; 18% rented
  • 4,743households
  • 43%of adults have a degree
  • 7%below the poverty line
  • 22 mintypical commute
  • 14%work from home

What residents work in

  • Professional and business services22%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care18%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Other services7%
  • Banks, insurance and property7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Sarasota County had 194,499 jobs in 2025, 2.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 72° and 52°; warmest in August, 92° and 75° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 72° 52° F M A M J J A 92° 75° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 72° and 52°; warmest in August, 92° and 75° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 72° 52° F M A M J J A 92° 75° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 72° and lows near 52°; warmest in August, with highs near 92° and lows near 75°. About 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Sarasota Bradenton Airport weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Bee Ridge

  1. Publix Super MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores164
  2. Spectrum UndergroundDistribution line, sewer and water, construction98
  3. American House - SarasotaAssisted living facility91
  4. Custom Air & PlumbingPlumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contractor80
  5. Harborchase of SarasotaAssisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities79
  6. NextEra EnergyElectric power distribution45
  7. Brookdale Colonial ParkAssisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities31
  8. Clark Station HotelHotels24

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 9 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 633 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesVery high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Bee Ridge’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Sarasota County.