Desoto Acres

Featured view

Desoto Acres

Total population

641

Median home value

$585,800

33.5%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$120,982

Desoto Acres$121k

National$74k

Elevation39 m

Weather90°F · Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates27.38°, -82.52°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Desoto Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in northwestern Sarasota County, Florida, United States. It is 4 miles (6 km) north of downtown Sarasota and is bordered to the east by Desoto Lakes.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Desoto Acres, FL from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Ashley Rickards

American actress

Carla Gugino

American actress

B

Bruce Hayes

American swimmer

Stephen Root

American actor

Wes Matthews

American basketball player (born 1959)

T

Tripp Schwenk

American swimmer

Daniel Myrick

American film director, screenwriter and film producer (born 1963)

R

Rill Baxter

US tennis player

J

Jordan Orr

American actor

R

Robert Sweeting

American bicycle racer

Nik Wallenda

American acrobat, aerialist, daredevil, and high wire artist

Jeremy Barrett

figure skater/Spainish teacher

Bobby Seay

baseball player

Bello Nock

clown

Casey Kelly

American baseball player

Ian Desmond

American baseball player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Florida

• Desoto Lakes
  1.2 mi away
• North Sarasota
  1.8 mi away
• Bayshore Gardens
  5.1 mi away
• Lake Sarasota
  8 mi away
• Ellenton
  10 mi away
• Cortez
  11 mi away · pop. 5,205
• Memphis
  11.5 mi away · pop. 9,185
• Palmer Ranch
  11.5 mi away
• Bradenton Beach
  12.2 mi away · pop. 733
• Osprey
  13.5 mi away
• Old Miakka
  15.3 mi away
• Anna Maria
  16.7 mi away

Browse all places in Florida →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire BLUE LAKE, Indian River, Florida
  Wildfires · 2026-09-15 · 113 mi
• Wildfire H2, Palm Beach, Florida
  Wildfires · 2026-08-24 · 126 mi
• Wildfire THE H1, Palm Beach, Florida
  Wildfires · 2026-08-15 · 129 mi
• Wildfire S7, Broward, Florida
  Wildfires · 2026-09-04 · 144 mi
• Wildfire 3 ALPHA SIERRA, Broward, Florida
  Wildfires · 2026-09-28 · 147 mi
• Wildfire 22, Miami-Dade, Florida
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 157 mi
• Wildfire Bluegill, Miami-Dade, Florida
  Wildfires · 2026-08-02 · 163 mi
• Wildfire Chipmunk, Miami-Dade, Florida
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 164 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

Seen 2026-09-26

tropical milkweed

Asclepias curassavica

Seen 2026-09-26

turkey tangle frogfruit

Phyla nodiflora

Seen 2026-09-26

shrubby false buttonweed

Spermacoce verticillata

Seen 2026-09-26

Trailing Daisy

Sphagneticola trilobata

Seen 2026-09-26

Caesar weed

Urena lobata

Seen 2026-09-26

rosary pea

Abrus precatorius

Seen 2026-09-26

wild poinsettia

Euphorbia cyathophora

Seen 2026-09-26

creeping tick trefoil

Grona triflora

Seen 2026-09-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-10-15 16:30 UTC.