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18,131people live here $44,958median household income▼ 44% below US $1,506median rent per monthNear US average $181,400median home value▼ 45% below US

Bayshore Gardens is an unincorporated community in Manatee County, FL. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Bayshore Gardens

Bayshore Gardens is an unincorporated community in Florida with home prices that remain within reach and air quality that stays clean most of the year. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Bayshore Gardens deals with household incomes below the national average, college degree attainment below the national average, a population that has been shrinking, and larger class sizes than the national average.

The good

Affordable home prices
Clean air

The not so good

Below-average household incomes
Low college degree attainment
Shrinking population
High student-teacher ratio
High rent burden for renters
Hot summers

How Bayshore Gardens compares

Median household income

Bayshore Gardens$44,958

Florida avg$74,568

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Bayshore Gardens$1,506

Florida avg$1,669

US$1,413

Median home value

Bayshore Gardens$181,400

Florida avg$359,000

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Bayshore Gardens

Based on Bayshore Gardens's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,012

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $60,240 a year
66% of Bayshore Gardens renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$36,280

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $18,140
Homes cost 4.0× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of livingNear US average

$1,506/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,506 a month median. Not a bargain, not a budget-buster. About typical for a city this size. Home prices here are genuinely accessible, with a median around $181,400. That kind of affordability is rare in today's market.

Median home value $181,400 · 66% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

4.2% county unemployment

Unemployment in Manatee County is 4.2%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Manatee County (county-wide)

Safety

448 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Bayshore Gardens doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Manatee County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs close to the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1324/100k · Policed by Manatee County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2020 data

Getting aroundNear US average

24 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 24.4 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 9 in 10 workers drive to work.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

71%

Carpool

18%

Work from home

4.1%

Walk

3.2%

Other

2.4%

Public transit

1.0%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 91°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 54°F. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 40% below US

22% bachelor's degree or higher

College degree attainment runs below average at 22%. That tends to reflect a more trade and working-class economy, which can be great or limiting depending on the industry.

Schools

3 public schools inside the boundary

There are 3 public schools inside the boundary and 1 private school. The student-to-teacher ratio is 19:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is De Soto National Memorial (7 miles away).

Bottom line

Bayshore Gardens's strongest points are home prices that remain within reach and air quality that stays clean most of the year; the main tradeoffs are household incomes below the national average and college degree attainment below the national average. A year of median rent ($1,506/mo) equals 40% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It may be a harder fit for anyone who doesn't drive.

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