The "Rolls Royce of Islands"

Longboat Key

Below Anna Marie Island is Longboat Key, the "Rolls Royce of Islands" It is home to 8,000 full-time and 12,000 part-time upscale residents whose average household income is $150,000. The average single family home was valued at $597,000 in 1998 and a condominium was $411,000. The average age is 66. There are no public schools on  the island.

Longboat Key is also home to an average of a golf course a mile and some very exclusive resorts, such as the The Resort at Longboat Key Club and the Colony Beach Club Resort,, and a room at the Holiday Inn start at $200 in season.