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Palmetto, Florida

Palmetto is a small city on the north bank of the Manatee River, across from Bradenton, with a historic downtown and quick access to I-275 and the Tampa Bay area.

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Historic buildings at Palmetto Historical Park behind a brick-post fence
Photo via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and color-adjusted: Palmetto Historical Park by Upstateherd (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Quick facts

Palmetto at a glance

13,323Population (2020 Census)13,562 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
$313,400Median value of owner-occupied homes (ACS 2020–2024)
68.8%Owner-occupied housing rate
23.7%Hispanic or Latino residents

Source: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, City of Palmetto. City website: palmettofl.org

Around town

Palmetto Historical Park

Palmetto Historical Park, 515 10th Avenue West, on Old Main Street in the Palmetto Historic District (the photo at the top of this page). It includes the 1880 post office, the 1914 Carnegie Library, a one-room schoolhouse, a cottage museum, a chapel and the Cypress House military museum, with free guided tours.

Official pages: palmettohistoricalpark.com and Manatee County Clerk of the Circuit Court (checked Oct 8, 2026).

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Luis Odon, REALTOR® · Keller Williams Coastal Living II · 5391 Lakewood Ranch Blvd N, Suite 100, Lakewood Ranch, FL 34240 · (941) 993-8311 · Equal Housing Opportunity. Census figures: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts. Market conditions change; ask me for current local sales data.