Sarasota Herald-Tribune article
By Dale White
Staff Writer
Posted May 25, 2018
North Port Continues To Post The
Biggest Population Gains, According To The Census.
Updated U.S. Census data released this week show all nine
municipalities in Sarasota and Manatee counties continuing to expand their
populations, with North Port still seeing the most year-over-year gains.
As of July 1, 2017, North Port could count more than 10,000 residents
more than the city of Sarasota – again making it the largest municipality in
Sarasota County and the Sarasota-Manatee region.
North Port’s population totaled 66,300 as of that date, a 2.8 percent
increase over the 64,439 reported a year earlier and nearly 15.5 percent
greater than the 57,404 the bureau counted in mid-summer 2010.
Plans for an aquatics center for which the city recently accepted bids
and, in the West Villages sector, ongoing construction of a $100 million
Atlanta Braves spring training complex continue to add to the appeal of the
city – which has long been considered more affordable for many area working
families.
From Sarasota Herald-Tribune http://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20180525/cities-in-sarasota-manatee-keep-growing
What That Means to West Villages:
This growth doesn't even include communities like Sarasota National and Grand Palm, which are unincorporated Sarasota County, or The Preserve and Oasis at the West Villages that are newly opened. Also, Renaissance at the West Villages was so new in Spring of 2017 that though it saw home sales, there were no closed home purchase transactions by the end of the period mentioned (July 1, 2016, to July 1, 2017).
Gran Paradiso alone had nearly 270 new homes close during this period, and IslandWalk likely around the same (as year over year, the two communities numbers have been quite similar for the past few years). Then, figuring population estimates with average household size (assumably between 1.9 and 2.5 for the West Villages*), it looks like the West Villages District may be by far the most significant contributor to population growth for North Port during that time frame.
Pretty exciting for our little piece of paradise!
For questions or other information, contact me, Ali, at WestVillagesRealty@gmail.com.
As always, thanks for reading.
*Assumption comes from household averages of Census Bureau info for North Port (2.65), Venice city (1.81), and South Venice (2.35).
Ali H. Johnston, MBA in Real Estate
REALTOR®, Lic. Broker #BK3284964
West Villages Realty LLC
19503 S West Villages Pkwy
Stes A2 & A11 (by Appt)
Venice, Florida 34293
