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Laurel, 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 Laurel, Sarasota County, Florida

Laurel, in Sarasota County, had 12,186 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $92,340 a year and half less, against $83,416 across Sarasota County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 91% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 9% 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 professional services.

People 12,186 in the 2020 census; median age 63.7
Household income $92,340 the median, give or take $8,705 · Sarasota County: $83,416
Unemployment 5.0% Sarasota County, August 2026; 4.6% a year before
Homes 91% lived in by their owners; 9% rented
  • 5,894households
  • 42%of adults have a degree
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 25 mintypical commute
  • 24%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Professional and business services18%
  • Banks, insurance and property14%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Building trades6%

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 July, 92° and 74° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 72° 52° F M A M J J 92° 74° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 72° and 52°; warmest in July, 92° and 74° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 72° 52° F M A M J J 92° 74° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 72° and lows near 52°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 74°. About 51 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Venice weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Laurel

  1. Publix Super MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores151
  2. NokomisMail and parcel delivery32
  3. Castle ManagementProperty managing, residential real estate29
  4. Therm-O-TypeDigital printing presses manufacturing25

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 237 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. Coastal floodingrelatively high in parts of LaurelRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Laurel’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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.