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Population (year 2000): 7,603. Estimated
population in July 2005: 7,583 (-0.3% change)
Males: 3,532 (46.5%), Females: 4,071 (53.5%)
Manatee County
Zip code:
34228
Median resident age: 67.9 years
Median household income: $90,251 (year 2000)
Median house value: $413,100 (year 2000)
Races in Longboat Key:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.6%)
- Hispanic (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (17.1%), English (14.7%),
Irish (13.0%), Russian (10.2%), Italian (6.5%), Polish (6.3%).
Elevation: 9 feet
Land area: 4.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Longboat Key
- High school or higher: 94.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 53.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 24.7%
- Unemployed: 0.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Longboat Key town
- Never married: 4.4%
- Now married: 77.4%
- Separated: 0.3%
- Widowed: 13.1%
- Divorced: 4.8%
11.2% Foreign born (7.9% Europe, 2.4% North
America).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,627 (+27.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Longboat Key:
- BLAKE MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles; BRADENTON, FL)
- MANATEE GLEN HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; BRADENTON,
FL)
- MANATEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 10 miles;
BRADENTON, FL)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Longboat Key:
- SARASOTA/BRADENTON INTL (about 7 miles;
SARASOTA/BRADENTON, FL; ID: SRQ)
- MAC DILL AFB (about 32 miles; TAMPA, FL; ID: MCF)
- ST PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER INTL (about 35 miles; ST
PETERSBURG-CLEARWATER, FL; ID: PIE)
Other public-use airports nearest to Longboat Key:
- AIRPORT MANATEE (about 19 miles; PALMETTO, FL; ID:
48X)
- ALBERT WHITTED (about 25 miles; ST PETERSBURG, FL;
ID: SPG)
- VENICE MUNI (about 27 miles; VENICE, FL; ID: VNC)
Amtrak stations near Longboat Key:
- 14 miles: BRADENTON (I-75 & RTE. 64) - Bus Station.
Services: public payphones, call for taxi service.
- 17 miles: SARASOTA (I-75 AT CLARK RD.) - Bus
Station. Services: public payphones, snack bar, free
short-term parking, paid long-term parking.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Longboat Key:
- MANATEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 6 miles; BRADENTON,
FL; Full-time enrollment: 4,539)
- HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 40 miles;
TAMPA, FL; FT enrollment: 9,630)
- UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA (about 40 miles; TAMPA, FL; FT
enrollment: 2,963)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (about 49 miles; TAMPA,
FL; FT enrollment: 26,221)
- PASCO-HERNANDO COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 62 miles;
NEW PORT RICHEY, FL; FT enrollment: 2,868)
- TRAVIS TECHNICAL CENTER (about 65 miles; LAKELAND,
FL; FT enrollment: 2,057)
- SAINT LEO UNIVERSITY (about 70 miles; ST LEO, FL; FT
enrollment: 6,597)
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