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Gulf Gate, 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 Gulf Gate, Sarasota County, Florida

Gulf Gate, in Sarasota County, had 7,340 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $61,379 a year and half less, against $83,416 across Sarasota County; 13% of its people live below the poverty line. 55% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 45% 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 schools and health care, then shops.

People 7,340 in the 2020 census
Household income $61,379 the median, give or take $10,691 · Sarasota County: $83,416
Unemployment 5.0% Sarasota County, August 2026; 4.6% a year before
Homes 55% lived in by their owners; 45% rented
  • 4,204households
  • 33%of adults have a degree
  • 13%below the poverty line
  • 20 mintypical commute
  • 12%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care29%
  • Shops (retail)17%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment11%
  • Building trades7%
  • Banks, insurance and property6%

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 Sarasota County

  1. Sarasota SchoolsSchool district6,444FTE
  2. Sarasota Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital4,560FTE
  3. Option Care EnterprisesHome health care agencies1,676
  4. PGT Industries - Assembly PlantFrames, door and window, metal, manufacturing1,424
  5. Sarasota Memorial Hospital VeniceGeneral hospital982FTE
  6. Certified Collectibles GroupAppraisal services681
  7. Ajax PavingRoad construction650
  8. Helios Technologies332912 fluid power valve and hose fitting manufacturing575

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 315 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 36,886 people in all across the county; Gulf Gate has two of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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. LightningVery high
  3. TornadoesRelatively moderate
  4. Inland floodingRelatively moderate
  5. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Gulf Gate’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.