North Port, FL
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, North Port ranks 151st for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 96th for income. A household earns $82,106 a year while median rent runs $1,920/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 2% above the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is education (74th of 300), while rent is the soft spot (279th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 279th and home prices 247th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you in North Port, your take-home is worth about $59,867 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it less than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 96th of 300↑25.3%$82,106
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 254th of 300102 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $80,168
- Per-capita income
- $52,968
- Full-time pay
- $43,493
Housing
- Median rent
- 279th of 300↑49.5%$1,920/mo
- Home value
- 247th of 300↑65.3%$452,100
- Property tax
- $3,431/yr · 0.8%
- Sales tax
- 6.95%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 84th of 3003.7%
- Bachelor's+
- 74th of 30040.2%
- Avg commute
- 222nd of 30026.5 min
People
- Population
- 934,956
- Population change
- +11.7%
- Median age
- 53.7 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 15.2%
- Broadband
- 94.3%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 116th of 30044
- Natural-hazard loss
- 258th of 300$28/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 82nd of 30016.6%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 13%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Household income
- + Job market
- + Education
- + Health
Watch-outs
- – Cost of living
- – Rent
- – Home prices
- – Commute
- – Hazard safety
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — sarasota bradenton ap.
What jobs pay in North Port
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $321,550
- Financial managers
- $145,450
- IT managers
- $142,620
- Pharmacists
- $138,760
- Lawyers
- $136,910
- Software developers
- $131,890
- General & operations managers
- $94,900
- Civil engineers
- $86,170
- Registered nurses
- $86,130
- Accountants & auditors
- $81,090
- Web developers
- $79,760
- Police officers
- $75,820
- Secondary school teachers
- $63,900
- Elementary school teachers
- $62,370
- Plumbers
- $58,150
- Carpenters
- $52,000
- Electricians
- $51,930
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $50,890
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $47,070
- Construction laborers
- $45,390
- Customer service reps
- $42,310
- Waiters & waitresses
- $36,660
- Janitors
- $35,530
- Retail salespersons
- $35,160
- Cashiers
- $31,240
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the North Port metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Florida are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Ohio2,713
- Georgia2,480
- New York2,467
- Michigan2,447
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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North Port metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the North Port metro?
- Median gross rent across the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metro Area is $1,920 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of North Port.
- What is the median household income in the North Port metro?
- A typical household in the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metro Area earns $82,106 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is North Port expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metro Area runs about 2% above the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are higher than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the North Port metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $80,168 (versus its face value of $82,106). CityLedger rates the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the North Port metro?
- The median home value across the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metro Area is $452,100 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the North Port metro?
- The unemployment rate in the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metro Area is 3.7% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).