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Web design & SEO for Siesta Key, on the numbers.
Siesta Key is a Sarasota County barrier island where over half the housing is seasonal and the median home tops $985,000 — a beach-tourism economy on quartz sand.
Photo: Amit Shubinsky / PexelsSiesta Key by the numbers
US Census ACS 2024 five-year estimates. Sourced in full below.
- Population
- 5,525
- Median age
- 66.3
- Median household income
- $115,854
- Median home value
- $985,800
- Owner-occupied
- 92.6%
- Broadband access
- 92.8%
- Self-employed
- 26.6%
- Seasonal housing
- 52.0%
- Median year built
- 1976
What the data says about building here
Siesta Key runs on tourism and second homes. Over half its housing — 52.0% — is used only seasonally, the highest share in the metro, and the median home tops $985,800. A business here times its demand to the season and prices to a high-value, part-time-resident market.
It is a barrier island, which means the FEMA 50% substantial-improvement rule shapes what owners can build and repair — and Hurricane Milton came ashore here in October 2024. That context belongs on any contractor or home-service page serving the key.
Among the residents who are here, 92.6% own their homes and 26.6% are self-employed. The county base is Sarasota County's 15,989 establishments and $9.05B in annual payroll (CBP 2023).
Hurricane Milton made landfall on Siesta Key on Oct 9-10, 2024 as a Category 3.
The Sarasota County business base
Siesta Key's market sits inside Sarasota County's 15,989 employer establishments and $9.05B in annual payroll (County Business Patterns 2023). 2,126 of those are construction firms employing about 15,830 people, alongside 2,199 professional-services firms — the businesses most likely to need a site that earns the phone call.
What we build for Siesta Key businesses
Run a business in Siesta Key? Tell us about it through the form. You'll get a plain answer on scope, price, and fit — and the standing disclosure that we're a Campbell Digital Studio brand in Daphne, Alabama, with no Siesta Key office.
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