Sarasota has 73,473 single-family homes on Florida’s 2025 tax roll. 25,102 of them (34%) have no homestead exemption, which usually means the owner lives somewhere else, and 8,623 have an owner who gets the tax bill outside Florida. Sarasota's out-of-state share, 12%, is lower than Sarasota County's 14%. Below: how Sarasota sits inside Sarasota County, and how to pull the list.
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homes with no homestead exemption, 34% of the city’s 73,473 single-family homes
Counted October 2026. Postal city, not city limits. Request Data shows the same count, free, before you pull.
The numbers
Counted in October 2026 from Tracer’s Florida property data (the Florida Department of Revenue’s statewide 2025 parcel roll), with Sarasota picked as the county. Each count names the Request Data filters behind it. “Absentee” means no homestead exemption, so second homes and recent buyers who haven’t filed are in it too.
single-family homes with a Sarasota address on the 2025 roll, government owners left out.
34% of them have no homestead exemption: usually a rental, a second home or an inherited house.
12% of the city’s homes: the tax bill goes to an address outside Florida (second homes and rentals alike).
12% are owned by an LLC, corporation or trust. Tracer traces them to a person where it can (how).
83% of the 73,473 with a year built on the roll were built in 2011 or earlier.
of Sarasota County’s 55,497 absentee-owned single-family homes have a Sarasota address.
Counted by the city on the property's tax-roll address (the postal city), so it includes unincorporated areas with a Sarasota address. It is not the city limits.
Of the 73,473 single-family homes in Sarasota with a year built on the roll, 60,863 (83%) were built in 2011 or earlier. Statewide it is 81% of Florida's 5,990,343 single-family homes with a year built, so Sarasota's share is higher than Florida's; Sarasota County's is 76%. Florida homes by year built, by county.
Against the county
More than a third of Sarasota County's 165,499 single-family homes have a Sarasota address (44%), and so do 45% of its 55,497 absentee-owned ones: about the same slice of each.
| Measure | Sarasota | Sarasota County | Florida |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-family homes | 73,473 | 165,499 | 5,994,124 |
| Absentee-owned | 25,102 (34%) | 55,497 (34%) | 1,758,827 (29%) |
| Tax bill outside Florida | 8,623 (12%) | 23,656 (14%) | 505,837 (8%) |
| LLC, corporation or trust | 8,537 (12%) | 17,726 (11%) | 531,404 (9%) |
| Built 2011 or earlier | 60,863 (83%) | 126,546 (76%) | 4,854,759 (81%) |
Shares are of each place’s single-family homes; the built-2011 row is of the homes with a year built on the roll (73,473 in Sarasota, 165,499 in Sarasota County, 5,990,343 statewide). Sarasota County's out-of-state share, 14%, is the 8th highest among the 44 Florida counties with at least 10,000 single-family homes. The whole county, with its ranks and neighbors: Sarasota County absentee owner lists.
What stands out
The four shares on this page, the one furthest from Sarasota County’s first, each against Florida and the other city pages.
12% of Sarasota's 73,473 single-family homes (8,623) have an owner who gets the tax bill outside Florida. Sarasota County's share is higher, 14%. Across Florida the figure is far lower: 8%. Of the 29 Florida cities with their own page, only six have a higher share.
12% of Sarasota's 73,473 single-family homes (8,537) are owned by an LLC, corporation or trust. On this measure Sarasota looks like Sarasota County as a whole, which is at 11%. Florida's figure is lower, at 9%. Of the 29 Florida cities with their own page, only four have a higher share.
83% of Sarasota's 73,473 single-family homes with a year built on the roll (60,863) were built in 2011 or earlier. Sarasota County's share is lower, 76%. Florida's figure is lower, at 81%. That puts Sarasota in the middle of the 29 Florida cities with their own page: 12 have a higher share and 16 a lower one.
34% of Sarasota's 73,473 single-family homes (25,102) have no homestead exemption. On this measure Sarasota looks like Sarasota County as a whole, which is at 34%. Florida's figure is lower, at 29%. Of the 29 Florida cities with their own page, only seven have a higher share.
Sarasota County
Sarasota is the only city in Sarasota County with its own page; the county page covers the whole roll. By single-family homes, Sarasota sits mid-list among the 29 Florida cities with their own page: 10 have more and 18 fewer.
Request Data
The same filters as the counts above, so the number you see in the app matches this page.
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Open Request Data. The county comes first; the city narrows it.
Capitals don't matter; type the letters as shown.
Set Property type to Single family, turn on Absentee owner and press Get count & price.
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No other city name in Sarasota County's roll contains “Sarasota”, so the box gives this page's count.
Cost
All 25,102 absentee-owned homes in Sarasota would be $126 to pull. You see the count and the price before you pay, and you can narrow by ZIP, value or year built first. Rather not pull it yourself? Get this list quoted: name Sarasota in the message and we reply with a count and a price, usually within one business day.
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Reach the owner
8,623 of Sarasota’s single-family homes (12%, against 8% statewide) have an owner who gets the tax bill outside Florida; pulling all of them is $43. Calling the house reaches whoever is there, not the owner. Tracer reads the owner’s mailing address first and checks the caller name (CNAM) on the best number (Phone 1) against the owner. New to this? Start with the absentee owner guide.
25,102 of the 73,473 single-family homes with a Sarasota address on Florida's 2025 tax roll (34%) have no homestead exemption, which usually means the owner lives somewhere else. Across Sarasota County it's 34%; statewide, 29%.
8,623 single-family homes with a Sarasota address (12%) have an owner who gets the tax bill outside Florida. That's what the Out-of-state filter counts: second homes as well as rentals.
No. It counts the city on each property's tax-roll address (the postal city), so unincorporated areas with a Sarasota address are in it, and a home inside the city limits whose address names another city isn't.
In Request Data (a free account), pick Sarasota in the County box, type “Sarasota” in the City box, set Property type to Single family and turn on Absentee owner. The count and the price show before you pull, at 0.5¢ a record.
More than a third of Sarasota County's 165,499 single-family homes have a Sarasota address (44%), and so do 45% of its 55,497 absentee-owned ones: about the same slice of each. 12% of Sarasota's 73,473 single-family homes (8,623) have an owner who gets the tax bill outside Florida. Sarasota County's share is higher, 14%. Across Florida the figure is far lower: 8%. Of the 29 Florida cities with their own page, only six have a higher share.
Sarasota County absentee owner listsFurthest from the statewide figure is its out-of-state share. 12% of Sarasota's 73,473 single-family homes (8,623) have an owner who gets the tax bill outside Florida. Sarasota County's share is higher, 14%. Across Florida the figure is far lower: 8%. Of the 29 Florida cities with their own page, only six have a higher share.
Sarasota is in Sarasota County, so search the address or the owner's name on the Sarasota County Property Appraiser's property search (www.sarasotapropertyappraiser.gov). The parcel record shows the owner of record and where the tax bill goes, one property at a time; it isn't a title search. For every owner that matches a filter, use Request Data instead.
Sarasota County Property Appraiser property search
Create a free account, open Request Data, pick Sarasota and type “Sarasota” in the City box: the count and the price show before you pull. Rather not dial them yourself? Our callers can.