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29.51° N · 82.92° W · GEOID 1242787

Manatee Road

Levy County, Florida · part of the Gainesville, FL metro

Limited data population under 5,000

FloridaManatee Road, FLManatee RoadManatee Road

The short answer

Manatee Road is home to 2,426 people. Median household income is $51,708 a year and median rent is $1,102 a month, 25.6% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is moderate. The median home is valued at $155,400, about 3.0x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,102
19% below the median place
Median household income
$51,708
36% below the median place
Median home value
$155,400
51% below the median place
Unemployment
4.1%
17% below the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Manatee Road

  • Household income has grown 13.8% a year across the last five survey releases, faster than in 98% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track.
  • The median resident is 55.6 years old, older than in 96% of places its size.
  • After the median rent, and with prices for everything else adjusted to the US average, the median household has about $39,500 a year left, less than in 91% of places its size.
  • Owning with a mortgage costs only about $91 a month more than the median rent, a smaller gap than in 90% of places its size.
  • 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, a smaller share than in 86% of places its size.
01

Moving to Manatee Road

Levy County gains about 32.8 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in3,471
Moved out2,403
Net+1,068

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Gilchrist County, FL200160+40
Dixie County, FL11587+28

Within Florida, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within FloridaOther states

Income per tax return

Arrivals$58K
Leavers$45K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Levy County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
6.7% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 2.6% from another state. County figure.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Levy County report $58,300 a year in income on average; those leaving, $45,400, so newcomers earn more than leavers.
Income you would need
$44,100 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,102 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,193 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $155,400.
Getting to work
32 minutes each way on average; 8.5% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Bullhead City, AZ matches it on character. Compare the two
Net movers per 1,000 people7
32.8
above the median place (median -0.6)
Income of households moving out7
$45,361
35% below the median place
Income of households moving in7
$58,302
17% below the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureManatee RoadAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year1County figure6.7%17% above
Moved from another state1County figure2.6%30% above
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure32.8above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in7County figure$58,30217% below
Income of households moving out7County figure$45,36135% below
02

What it costs to live here

Property tax paid (median) is $1,169, 64% below the median place.

Manatee Road25.6%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$44,080
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
25.6%
25% above the median place
Home price to income
3.0x
21% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
25%
just under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$39,800
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Manatee Road, $1,102 a month, and local prices for everything else (97.5 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Manatee Road, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
Fussels Corner, FL20.0% vs 25.6%$6,600Compare
Houghton Lake, MI19.7% vs 25.6%n/aCompare
Picture Rocks, AZ18.7% vs 25.6%$11,700Compare

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Property tax paid (median)1
$1,169
64% below the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$1,193
36% below the median place
Homeownership1
86.6%
30% above the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureManatee RoadAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,10219% below
Rent to income125.6%25% above
Property tax rate10.8%18% below
Home price to income13.0x21% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure96.74% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$95441% below
HUD area median income4County figure$68,80036% below
Property tax paid (median)1$1,16964% below
Median home value1$155,40051% below
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure-3.1%below (median 3.2%)
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure65.8%28% above
Homeownership186.6%30% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure46.4%8% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,19336% below
Vacant homes1County figure13.6%92% above
Median year built119921% above
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Income per person1
$24,029
40% below the median place
Median household income1
$51,708
36% below the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureManatee RoadAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$51,70836% below
Income per person1$24,02940% below
Unemployment1County figure4.1%17% below
Average annual pay6County figure$46,46130% below
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure6.5%76% above
Jobs6County figure9,07094% below
Poverty rate119.9%85% above
Mean commute132 min29% above
Works from home1County figure8.5%32% below
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

Homes with broadband is 75.7%, 18% below the median place.

Homes with broadband1
75.7%
18% below the median place
Median age1
55.6
43% above the median place
Bachelor's or higher1
15.5%
52% below the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

No health insurance12.2% +91%
Household size2.3 −7%
High school or higher91.8% −1%
All 8 people measures
MeasureManatee RoadAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population12,4266646th largest
Median age155.643% above
Bachelor's or higher115.5%52% below
High school or higher191.8%1% below
Household size12.37% below
Born abroad1County figure3.9%56% below
No health insurance112.2%91% above
Homes with broadband175.7%18% below
05

Life in Manatee Road

4 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents0.0 −100%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars17.6 −15%
Shops36.1 +19%
Arts, recreation and fitness4.0 −2%
Doctors' offices and clinics7.5 −63%
Child care centers2.2 −4%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8
7.5
63% below the median place
Students per teacher11
19.2
25% above the median place
Shops per 10k8
36.1
19% above the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureManatee RoadAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools11County figure1567% above
Public school students11County figure5,55413% above
Students per teacher11County figure19.225% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure17.615% below
Shops per 10k8County figure36.119% above
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure4.02% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure7.563% below
Child care centers per 10k8County figure2.24% below
Parks per 10k90.0below (median 10.2)
Playgrounds per 10k90.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k90.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k90.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k90.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails90.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi90.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings10County figure469% below
06

Safety, weather and risk

Average temperature is 70°F, 28% above the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Manatee Road. Larger places are fetched first.

Average temperature12
70°F
28% above the median place
January average low12
44°F
75% above the median place
Good air days14
88.7%
29% above the median place
All 11 weather and risk measures
MeasureManatee RoadAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high12County figure91°F5% above
January average low12County figure44°F75% above
Average temperature12County figure70°F28% above
Annual precipitation12County figure53.2 in21% above
Natural hazard risk13County figure66.129% below
Hurricane risk13County figure91.630% above
Tornado risk13County figure58.728% below
Wildfire risk13County figure87.343% above
Heat wave risk13County figure53.141% below
Median air quality index14Metro figure3714% below
Good air days14Metro figure88.7%29% above
08

Manatee Road in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 26% of the median income in 2030, up from 26% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,102/mo (2023)$1,490/mo$1,200 to $1,840/mo+4.4%
Median household income$51,708 (2024)$67,500$57,000 to $80,000+4.6%
Median home value$155,400 (2024)$241,000$175,000 to $332,000+7.6%

The median home would be worth 3.6 years of the median income in 2030, against 3.0 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Manatee Road

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Bullhead City, AZ$1,079$50,556Compare
New Port Richey, FL$1,193$47,606Compare
Fussels Corner, FL$937$56,091Compare
Mims, FL$1,250$59,005Compare
Mims, FLFussels Corner, FLNew Port Richey, FLBullhead City, AZManatee Road, FLManatee RoadBullhead CityNew Port RicheyMimsManatee RoadBullhead CityNew Port RicheyMims

Common questions

Is Manatee Road a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Household income has grown 13.8% a year across the last five survey releases, faster than in 98% of the 2,480 places under 10,000 people we track. The median resident is 55.6 years old, older than in 96% of places its size. On cost, space and class size it scores 40 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Manatee Road expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 25.6% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a heavier load here than usual. The median home is valued at $155,400.

What salary do you need to live in Manatee Road?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $44,080 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Manatee Road?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Bullhead City, AZ, New Port Richey, FL, Fussels Corner, FL and Mims, FL.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  11. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  12. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  13. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  14. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Manatee Road with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Manatee Road itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/manatee-road-florida

Citytistics. “Manatee Road, Florida.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/manatee-road-florida/

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