![]() ![]() ![]() The median household income was $61,953 with a per capita income of $60,284. 54.6% of the population were female persons.ĩ0.9% of the households had a computer and 81.3% had a broadband internet subscription. Of that population, 92.8% were white, 0.6% black or African American, 0.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 2.4% Asian, 0.2% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 3.4% two or more races, and 3.1% Hispanic or Latino.ģ,204 veterans lived in the city and 9.5% of the population were foreign born persons. The climate of Venice is Humid Subtropical, bordering very closely on a Tropical Savanna climate and features pronounced wet and dry seasons.Ĭlimate data for Venice, Florida, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1927–presentĭemographics Historical population CensusĪs of the 2020 census, there was a population of 25,463, with 12,521 households.ġ.2% of the population were under 5 years old, 6.4% were under 18 years old, and 61.9% was 65 years and older. Geography Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 16.6 square miles (43.1 km 2), of which 15.3 square miles (39.5 km 2) is land and 1.4 square miles (3.5 km 2), or 8.19%, is water. The first portions of the city and infrastructure were constructed in 1925–1926. Albee sold the land to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and retained Nolen as city planner. He hired John Nolen to plan the city and create a master plan for the streets. Albee, an orthopedic surgeon renowned for his bone-grafting operations, bought 112 acres (45 ha) from Bertha Palmer to develop Venice. ĭuring the Florida land boom of the 1920s, Fred H. In 1888, another post office was established, this time with the name Venice, a name Higel himself suggested because of its likeness to the canal city in Italy. In February he was appointed as postmaster but the office was shut down months later, in November 1885, with services moving back to Osprey. Higel established a post office in 1885 with the name Eyry as a service for the community's thirty residents. Higel established a citrus operation involving the production of several lines of canned citrus items, such as jams, pickled orange peel, lemon juice, and orange wine. He purchased land in the Roberts' homestead for $2,500, equivalent to $79,000 in 2022, to set up his own homestead. "Frank" Higel, originally from France, arrived in Venice in 1883 with his wife and six sons. In the 1870s, Robert Rickford Roberts established a homestead near a bay that bears his name today, Roberts Bay. Venice was first known as Horse and Chaise because of a carriage-like tree formation that marked the spot for fishermen. The 1800s is when the area saw the first wave of "European" settlers. Venice lay in a boundary area between two cultures, the Tocobaga and the Calusa, and so you can find evidence of each in the area. The peoples who the Spanish encountered when they arrived in 1500s were mound-builders. Over several millennia the culture and people who lived in the area changed. ![]() Evidence of their camps along with their stone tools were discovered in parts of Venice. These descendents became known as the Archaic peoples. As thousands of years passed, and the climate changed and some of the Pleistocene animals that the Indians hunted became extinct, the descendents of the Paleo-Indians found new ways to create stone and bone weapons to cope with their changing environment. The area that is now Venice was originally the home of Paleo-Indians, with evidence of their presence dating back to 8200 BCE. Venice is part of the North Port–Sarasota–Bradenton metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 25,463. The city is located in Southwest Florida. The city includes what locals call "Venice Island", a portion of the mainland that is accessed via bridges over the artificially created Intracoastal Waterway. ![]() Venice is a city in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. ![]()
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