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Whitfield, Florida.

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

Living in Whitfield, Manatee County, Florida

Whitfield, in Manatee County, had 2,989 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $98,348 a year and half less, against $78,457 across Manatee County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 91% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 9% are rented. Unemployment in Manatee County was 4.9% in August 2026, and the county had 1.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Manatee County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 2,989 in the 2020 census; median age 40.6
Household income $98,348 the median, give or take $21,662 · Manatee County: $78,457
Unemployment 4.9% Manatee County, August 2026; 4.5% a year before
Homes 91% lived in by their owners; 9% rented
  • 37%of adults have a degree
  • 8%below the poverty line
  • 27 mintypical commute
  • 18%work from home

What people in Manatee County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care21%
  • Professional and business services14%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment11%
  • Building trades10%
  • Banks, insurance and property8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Manatee County had 146,007 jobs in 2025, 1.5% 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, under a mile away (NOAA).

Largest employers in Manatee County

  1. Manatee County School Board5,804
  2. Manatee Healthcare System2,804
  3. Publix2,600
  4. Amazon2,500
  5. Manatee County Government2,493
  6. Beall's, Inc.2,300
  7. Blake Medical Center1,742
  8. Manatee County Sheriff's Department1,275

From Manatee County’s annual financial report for 2025, its schedule of principal employers, as Florida’s Auditor General publishes it: the report. Employees as the report counts them.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesVery high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. TornadoesRelatively high
  4. Inland floodingRelatively high

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