U.S. Cities - City-Data Homepage  
Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania, Forum City-Data.com Homepage

Vamo, Florida

Back to Vamo, FL housing info, Sarasota County, Florida, FL smaller cities, FL small cities, All Cities.


We are giving away $1000 in prizes - enter simply by sending us your own city pictures!

  • General Map
  • Google Map
  • MSN Map
Vamo, FL map
Current weather forecast for Vamo, FL

Sarasota County

Population in July 2007: 6,012.
Males: 2,700  (44.9%)
Females: 3,312  (55.1%)

Median resident age:  50.3 years
Florida median age:  38.7 years

Zip codes: 34231.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $54,462 (it was $45,945 in 2000)
Vamo:  $54,462
Florida:  $47,804

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $38,022
Vamo:  $38,022
Florida:  $26,696

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $284,773 (it was $128,400 in 2000)
Vamo:  $284,773
Florida:  $230,400

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $299,822; Detached houses: $356,785; Townhouses or other attached units: $327,776; In 2-unit structures: $290,755; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $581,863; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $323,806; Mobile homes: $27,612

Vamo, FL residents, houses, and apartments details

Add your B&M business listing here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition

Races in Vamo:

  • White Non-Hispanic (93.8%)
  • Hispanic (3.6%)
  • Black (0.7%)
  • Two or more races (0.7%)

2008 cost of living index in Vamo: 94.9 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Vamo, FL forum
Recent posts about Vamo, Florida on our local forum with over 700,000 registered users:
Crime... Why is it so high?  (34 replies)
Moving to Sarasota. Any advice?  (33 replies)
Current Sarasota City Population?  (9 replies)
Small town question  (4 replies)
PORTOFINO ON THE BAY in Sarasota  (3 replies)
Best Restaurants in the Sarasota/Siesta Key Area?...  (13 replies)

Latest news from Vamo, FL collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations

Ancestries: German (17.3%), English (16.9%), Irish (14.2%), United States (9.3%), Italian (6.4%), Polish (4.6%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 15 feet

Land area: 1.77 square miles.

Population density: 3391 people per square mile 
 
  (average).

Vamo,FL real estate house value index trend





Home Value Estimate
Address:
 Unit (optional):
City
 State
 Zip


Recent Home Sales
Address:
City
State
Zip
Min Price (optional)

Max Price (optional)
Prioritization:



Vamo, Florida map

For population 25 years and over in Vamo

  • High school or higher: 92.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 41.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 17.2%
  • Unemployed: 2.9%
  • Mean travel time to work: 23.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Vamo CDP

  • Never married: 19.9%
  • Now married: 49.0%
  • Separated: 1.4%
  • Widowed: 15.3%
  • Divorced: 14.4%

469 residents are foreign born (4.9% Europe, 2.0% Latin America, 1.4% Asia).

This place:  8.9%
Florida:  16.7%


According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Vamo:  1.0% ($1,330)
Florida:  1.4% ($1,262)
Vamo satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Sarasota, FL (8.1 miles , pop. 52,715).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: St. Petersburg, FL (39.9 miles , pop. 248,232).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Houston, TX (802.3 miles , pop. 1,953,631).

Nearest cities: Gulf Gate-Osprey, FL (0.7 miles ), Osprey, FL (1.5 miles ), Gulf Gate Estates, FL (1.6 miles ), South Gate Ridge, FL (2.0 miles ), Ridge Wood Heights, FL (2.1 miles ), Bee Ridge, FL (2.1 miles ), South Sarasota, FL (2.2 miles ), Siesta Key, FL (2.2 miles ).

Latitude: 27.23 N, Longitude: 82.50 W

Vamo household income distribution Vamo home values distribution

This place's Wikipedia profile

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Accommodation and food services (20%)
  • Construction (11%)
  • Health care (8%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Health care (21%)
  • Educational services (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Finance and insurance (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Personal and laundry services (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (5%)
  • Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (11%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
  • Registered nurses (4%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)



Vamo races chart

Average climate in Vamo, Florida

Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations

Vamo, Florida average temperatures Vamo, Florida average precipitation
 
Vamo, Florida humidity		  
Vamo, Florida wind speed
 
Vamo, Florida snowfall		  
Vamo, Florida sunshine
 
Vamo, Florida clear and cloudy days		  

Back to the top

Vamo-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Florida state average. It is 75% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/15/1958, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 31.6 miles away from the Vamo place center injured 7 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

On 3/17/1985, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 10.1 miles away from the place center killed 2 people and injured 45 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.



Magnitude types:

Vamo topographic map
Hospitals/medical centers near Vamo:
  • HEALTHSOUTH REHAB HOSPITAL OF SARASOTA (about 4 miles; SARASOTA, FL)
  • DOCTORS HOSPITAL OF SARASOTA (about 7 miles; SARASOTA, FL)
  • SARASOTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; SARASOTA, FL)

Amtrak stations near Vamo:
  • 5 miles: SARASOTA (I-75 AT CLARK RD.) - Bus Station. Services: public payphones, snack bar, free short-term parking, paid long-term parking.
  • 19 miles: BRADENTON (I-75 & RTE. 64) - Bus Station. Services: public payphones, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Vamo:
  • MANATEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 16 miles; BRADENTON, FL; Full-time enrollment: 4,539)
  • HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 50 miles; TAMPA, FL; FT enrollment: 9,630)
  • UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA (about 50 miles; TAMPA, FL; FT enrollment: 2,963)
  • EDISON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 57 miles; FT MYERS, FL; FT enrollment: 5,032)
  • FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY (about 58 miles; FT MYERS, FL; FT enrollment: 2,466)
  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA (about 59 miles; TAMPA, FL; FT enrollment: 26,221)
  • TRAVIS TECHNICAL CENTER (about 61 miles; LAKELAND, FL; FT enrollment: 2,057)

Vamo map

Click to draw/clear place borders

Creek: Catfish Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  1.9 people
Florida:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  53.1%
Whole state:  66.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  6.3%
Whole state:  5.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.5% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  5.6%
Whole state:  12.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  1.7%
Whole state:  5.7%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Vamo, FL


407 people in nursing homes
37 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards


Vamo compared to Florida state average:

Vamo, Florida environmental map by EPA

Map Legend

  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage above state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in below state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher above state average.


Back to the top



Educational Attainment



School Enrollment by Level of School


Vamo travel time to work
Vamo mode of transportation to work chart


2004 Presidential Election results in Sarasota County Florida:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Electricity (95%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
  • Utility gas (1%)
  • No fuel used (1%)


Religion statistics for Vamo

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchSouthern Baptist ConventionUnited Methodist ChurchPresbyterian Church (USA)Episcopal Church
Adherents42.6%10.4%7.4%6.4%3.8%
Congregations5.0%9.9%5.9%5.9%5.4%
NameEvangelical Lutheran Church in America Non-Charismatic Churches IndependentLutheran ChurchUnited Church of ChristOther religions
Adherents3.2%1.8%1.5%1.4%21.7%
Congregations4.0%1.5%2.0%2.5%57.9%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.


9.24% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($70,890 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  9.24%
Florida average:  8.71%

0.11% of residents moved from foreign countries ($521 average AGI)
Sarasota County:  0.11%
Florida average:  0.22%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Manatee County, FL  1.24% ($46,094 average AGI)
from Charlotte County, FL  0.76% ($45,611)
from Hillsborough County, FL  0.22% ($49,500)


8.06% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($48,758 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.06%
Florida average:  7.73%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($272 average AGI)
Sarasota County:  0.07%
Florida average:  0.12%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Manatee County, FL  1.70% ($57,312 average AGI)
to Charlotte County, FL  0.69% ($41,903)
to Hillsborough County, FL  0.31% ($43,326)


Strongest AM radio stations in Vamo:
  • WIBQ (1220 AM; 5 kW; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: NOVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WLSS (930 AM; 5 kW; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: WGUL-FM, INC.)
  • WAMR (1320 AM; 5 kW; VENICE, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WMGG (820 AM; 50 kW; LARGO, FL; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF ST. PETERSBURG LICENSEE)
  • WQYK (1010 AM; 50 kW; SEFFNER, FL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF TAMPA)
  • WFLF (540 AM; 50 kW; PINE HILLS, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WSRQ (1450 AM; 1 kW; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WFLA (970 AM; 25 kW; TAMPA, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WHNZ (1250 AM; 25 kW; TAMPA, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WQTM (740 AM; 50 kW; ORLANDO, FL; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WWCN (770 AM; 10 kW; NORTH FORT MYERS, FL; Owner: WJPT LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WTMY (1280 AM; 1 kW; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: METROPOLITAN RADIO GROUP, INC.)
  • WTIS (1110 AM; daytime; 10 kW; TAMPA, FL; Owner: WTIS-AM, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Vamo:
  • WSRZ-FM (107.9 FM; CORAL COVE, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WKZM (104.3 FM; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
  • WHPT (102.5 FM; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WCTQ (106.5 FM; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WDDV (92.1 FM; VENICE, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WJIS (88.1 FM; BRADENTON, FL; Owner: RADIO TRAINING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WSMR (89.1 FM; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
  • WTZB (105.9 FM; ENGLEWOOD, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WPOI (101.5 FM; ST. PETERSBURG, FL; Owner: CXR HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WWRM (94.9 FM; TAMPA, FL; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)
  • WSJT (94.1 FM; LAKELAND, FL; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WIKX (92.9 FM; CHARLOTTE HARBOR, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WFLZ-FM (93.3 FM; TAMPA, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WMTX (100.7 FM; TAMPA, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WQYK-FM (99.5 FM; ST. PETERSBURG, FL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF FLORIDA)
  • WTBT (103.5 FM; BRADENTON, FL; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WRBQ-FM (104.7 FM; TAMPA, FL; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WINK-FM (96.9 FM; FORT MYERS, FL; Owner: FORT MYERS BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WBCG (98.9 FM; MURDOCK, FL; Owner: CONCORD MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
  • W247AF (97.3 FM; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: BIBLE BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Vamo:
  • WVEA-TV (Channel 62; VENICE, FL; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • W48CN (Channel 48; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
  • W56CN (Channel 56; VENICE, FL; Owner: WMOR-TV COMPANY)
  • W34AW (Channel 34; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: THREE ANGELS BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC.)
  • WEDU (Channel 3; TAMPA, FL; Owner: FLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WWSB (Channel 40; SARASOTA, FL; Owner: SOUTHERN BROADCAST CORPORATION OF SARASOTA)
  • WSVT-LP (Channel 18; BRADENTON, FL; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • WXPX (Channel 66; BRADENTON, FL; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATION LICENSE COMPANY, LLC)
  • WTOG (Channel 44; ST. PETERSBURG, FL; Owner: VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC.)
  • WFLA-TV (Channel 8; TAMPA, FL; Owner: MEDIA GENERAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WFTS-TV (Channel 28; TAMPA, FL; Owner: TAMPA BAY TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WINK-TV (Channel 11; FORT MYERS, FL; Owner: FORT MYERS BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WTVT (Channel 13; TAMPA, FL; Owner: TVT LICENSE, INC.)
  • WUSF-TV (Channel 16; TAMPA, FL; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA)
  • WTTA (Channel 38; ST. PETERSBURG, FL; Owner: BAY TELEVISION, INC.)
  • WFTT (Channel 50; TAMPA, FL; Owner: TELEFUTURA TAMPA LLC)
  • WCLF (Channel 22; CLEARWATER, FL; Owner: CHRISTIAN TELEVISION CORPORATION, INC.)
  • WFTX (Channel 36; CAPE CORAL, FL; Owner: EMMIS TELEVISION LICENSE CORPORATION)
  • WTVK (Channel 46; NAPLES, FL; Owner: ACME TELEVISION LICENSES OF FLORIDA, LLC)
  • WBBH-TV (Channel 20; FORT MYERS, FL; Owner: WATERMAN BROADCASTING CORP. OF FLORIDA)
  • WMOR-TV (Channel 32; LAKELAND, FL; Owner: WMOR-TV COMPANY)
  • WTAM-LP (Channel 6; TAMPA, FL; Owner: U.S. INTERACTIVE, L.L.C.)
  • WRXY-TV (Channel 49; TICE, FL; Owner: WEST COAST CHRISTIAN TELEVISION, INC)


National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 2
Total length: 3 meters (10ft)
Total average daily traffic: 1,500
Total average daily truck traffic: 30
Total future (year 2026) average daily traffic: 1,875


Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 1 partial tract)
B) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans		C) Refinancings
D) Home Improvement Loans
F) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)		G) Loans On Manufactured
Home Dwelling (A B C & D)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED23$402,95931$368,7192$508,88019$273,9950$0
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED6$350,8027$274,3811$279,7303$328,8801$70,390
APPLICATIONS DENIED5$576,35019$301,1971$144,8706$194,1420$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN4$589,0959$312,6200$01$337,1500$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS1$323,8202$233,2300$00$00$0
Choose year:  2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 1999

Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 0020.05

Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007
(Based on 1 partial tract)
A) Conventional
Home Purchase Loans		B) Refinancings
C) Non-occupant Loans on
< 5 Family Dwellings (A & B)
NumberAverage ValueNumberAverage ValueNumberAverage Value
LOANS ORIGINATED4$175,9881$274,9101$324,190
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED0$00$00$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED0$00$00$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN0$00$00$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS0$00$00$0
Choose year:  2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 1999

Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 0020.05

Conventional Home Purchase Loans

Conventional Home Purchase Loans - Value

Back to Vamo, FL housing info, Sarasota County, Florida, FL smaller cities, FL small cities, All Cities.

 

Back to the top


Recent home sales, price trends, and home value evaluator powered by Onboard Informatics
© 2009 Onboard Informatics. Information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
 
City-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site.  Use at your own risk.
Some parts © 2003-2009 Advameg, Inc.