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What are the crime rate and median income in Manatee County, Florida?
Households here have a median income of $78,457 and the unemployment rate was 4.9% in August 2026. It is home to roughly 429,792 residents.
Last updated . Crime: FBI 2021-2025. Income and housing: Census ACS 2020-2024. Unemployment: BLS August 2026. Road work: October 11, 2026.
Also on the map: income · hazard risk · Superfund · dams
What is the crime rate in Manatee County?
We don't show a crime rate for Manatee County: only 19% of residents live where a police agency reported a full year; counts are partial. Reported counts for individual police agencies are on the map's crime layer.
What is the median household income in Manatee County?
Half of households in Manatee County make more than $78,457 and half make less; across Florida the midpoint is $74,568. The typical owner-occupied home is valued at $391,400 by its owners; renters pay a median $1,671. 7.5% of households received SNAP benefits in the past year (state: 12.6%). The newest monthly figure from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is 4.9% for August 2026 (preliminary), with 9,853 people out of work and looking.
| Census ACS 2020-2024 | Manatee County | Florida | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 429,792 | 22,416,077 | 334,922,499 |
| Median household income | $78,457 | $74,568 | $80,734 |
| Median home value (owner-occupied) | $391,400 | $359,000 | $332,700 |
| Median gross rent | $1,671 | $1,669 | $1,413 |
| Unemployment rate (2020-2024 average) | 4.6% | 4.8% | 5.2% |
| People below the poverty line | 9.8% | 12.6% | 12.5% |
| Households receiving SNAP (food stamps) | 7.5% | 12.6% | 12.1% |
| Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher | 35.4% | 34.1% | 35.7% |
| Homeowner households | 74.3% | 67.6% | 65.2% |
| Median age | 49.6 | 42.6 | 38.9 |
| Households with broadband internet | 91.7% | 91.6% | 91.0% |
| People without health insurance | 11.8% | 11.5% | 8.4% |
What natural hazards and environmental sites are in Manatee County?
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Manatee County has an overall natural-hazard risk rating of “Relatively High”. Of the seven hazards on our map, FEMA rates these highest: hurricanes (Very High), coastal flooding (Very High), tornadoes (Relatively High) and river flooding (Relatively High). The index compares counties with each other and also weighs how vulnerable and resilient a community is, so it is a long-run estimate, not a forecast.
Superfund sites
EPA lists no Superfund site in Manatee County, active or completed (October 2026).
High-hazard dams
Manatee County has 2 dams classed as high hazard in the National Inventory of Dams. None is rated Poor or Unsatisfactory; 2 are rated Satisfactory or Fair. Tallest on the list: Manatee Cooling Water Reservoir (79 ft) and Lake Manatee Dam (55 ft). “High hazard” describes what lies downstream (people would probably die if the dam failed), not how likely the dam is to fail.
Industrial chemical releases
19 facilities in the county filed Toxics Release Inventory reports for 2024, together reporting 174,149 pounds of listed chemicals released on site. Reported releases are legal permitted amounts in most cases.
Disasters, air and water
Manatee County was covered by 8 federal major disaster declarations from 2016 through 2025 (Hurricane 7, Tropical Storm 1), not counting COVID-19. EPA air monitors logged 1 day in 2024 when the air quality index reached “unhealthy for sensitive groups” or worse. Of 7 community water systems, 2 had an open health-based drinking-water violation in EPA's records (September 2026). EPA puts the county in radon zone 3 (low). NHTSA counted 61 traffic deaths in the county in 2024, including 17 pedestrians.
Is there road construction in Manatee County?
No highway work zones were listed in Manatee County in the October 11, 2026 state feed. Some states publish only part of their road work in open feeds, so check the state's 511 site before you travel. The map's layer refreshes every morning.
See today's work zones on the map →
How many schools, nursing homes and parks are in Manatee County?
Federal school lists show 86 public and 23 private schools in the county. 12 nursing homes are certified by Medicare or Medicaid here; star ratings for each are on the map and on Medicare's Care Compare. USGS mapping shows 35 fire or EMS stations and 10 police or sheriff stations. Park Service units in the area: De Soto National Memorial. 4 state parks or recreation areas: Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park, Lake Manatee State Park, Maderia Bickle Archaeological State Park and Terra Ceia Preserve State Park.
Gun shops, liquor stores and Planned Parenthood in Manatee County
Gun shops
17 gun shops with a public storefront are on the map in Manatee County, plus 38 more licensed dealers without a public storefront (not shown). 9 of them are pawnshops licensed to sell guns. On the ATF list: Academy Sports + Outdoors #363 (Bradenton), America's Super Pawn INC (2 in Bradenton), Asap Gun $ Pawn LLC (Ellenton), Bradenton Guns (Bradenton), Buccaneer Pawn LLC (Bradenton), Cash America Pawn (Bradenton), Cash America Pawn (Palmetto), Freedom Auction Company (Sarasota) and 8 more.
Liquor stores
35 liquor stores are on the map in Manatee County: Aaa Discount Liquors Outlet (Ellenton), ABC Liquors # 105 (Sarasota), ABC Liquors #111 (Bradenton), ABC Liquors #113 (Palmetto), Bradenton Beach Liquors (Bradenton), E Z Stop Liquor (Bradenton), G&S Liquor Wine Beer And Vape (Bradenton), Jessies Liquors (Bradenton) and 27 more.
Planned Parenthood
There is no Planned Parenthood health center in Manatee County on the map.
See them on the map: gun shops · liquor stores →
Sources: ATF licensee list (Sept 2026); state liquor licence lists, OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps (non-official); HHS Title X directory and CMS NPPES.
Common questions
What is the crime rate in Manatee County?
We don't show a crime rate for Manatee County: only 19% of residents live where a police agency reported a full year; counts are partial. Reported counts for individual police agencies are on the map's crime layer.
What is the median household income in Manatee County?
$78,457 (Census American Community Survey, 2020-2024 average), compared with $74,568 for Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the unemployment rate in Manatee County?
The newest monthly figure from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is 4.9% for August 2026 (preliminary), with 9,853 people out of work and looking.
What natural hazards affect Manatee County?
On FEMA's National Risk Index, Manatee County has an overall natural-hazard risk rating of “Relatively High”. Of the seven hazards on our map, FEMA rates these highest: hurricanes (Very High), coastal flooding (Very High), tornadoes (Relatively High) and river flooding (Relatively High).
Is there road construction in Manatee County right now?
No highway work zones were listed in Manatee County in the October 11, 2026 state feed. Some states publish only part of their road work in open feeds, so check the state's 511 site before you travel.
How many nursing homes are in Manatee County?
12 Medicare- or Medicaid-certified nursing homes (CMS provider data, September 2026).
How does Manatee County compare with neighboring counties?
| County | Population | Violent crimes per 1,000 (2021-25) | Median household income |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeSoto County | 35,386 | 3.5 | $54,417 |
| Hardee County | 25,675 | 2.7 | $60,489 |
| Hillsborough County | 1,522,748 | 2.5 | $79,540 |
| Polk County | 790,694 | 2.6 | $65,978 |
| Sarasota County | 459,547 | 1.7 | $83,416 |
Cities in Manatee County with their own page: Bradenton.
More: Florida statewide numbers · Sex-offender registry search (U.S. Justice Department, NSOPW)
Where do these numbers come from?
- Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting 2021-2025 (agency level, Return A), averaged and summed by county by Map the Block; Census population; state and national rates: FBI estimated crimes 2021-2025.
- Income, housing, education: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year, table B19013 (median household income) and related tables.
- Monthly unemployment: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), county data, not seasonally adjusted. Public domain.
- Hazards: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), county scores; disasters: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
- Superfund: U.S. EPA, Superfund site boundaries and NPL status (October 2026). Dams: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Inventory of Dams (public map service, October 2026). Chemical releases: U.S. EPA Toxics Release Inventory, reporting year 2024 (basic data file).
- Air and water: U.S. EPA AirData, annual AQI by county 2024; EPA Air Quality Design Values 2023-2025 (June 2026); U.S. EPA SDWIS via ECHO drinking-water download (September 30, 2026). Traffic deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) 2024; Census population.
- Work zones: State departments of transportation, via the U.S. DOT Work Zone Data Exchange (WZDx) and state 511 feeds; refreshed every morning (snapshot October 11, 2026).
- Schools: National Center for Education Statistics, EDGE public school locations 2024-25; budgets: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2024; National Center for Education Statistics, EDGE Private School geocodes (Private School Survey 2023-24). Nursing homes: U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Nursing Home Provider Information and Penalties (September 2026). Stations: U.S. Geological Survey, National Structures Dataset (Fire Stations/EMS Stations), October 2026 pull.
- Parks: USGS Protected Areas Database of the U.S. (PAD-US 4.1); state park agencies' open data (CA, NY, PA, TN, TX, FL, NJ, KY, HI, UT, MT and others); OpenStreetMap contributors for some hours, phones, fees and camping; U.S. National Park Service: unit boundaries (Land Resources Division), Acreage Report (Sept 30, 2026), park pages on nps.gov (hours, fees), Visitor Use Statistics (2025).
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