Neighborhood · Bradenton, Florida
Garden Lakes Estates
Quiet East Bradenton living near the Braden River
Garden Lakes Estates sits in the eastern reaches of Bradenton, in Manatee County, where the pace is unhurried and the streets lean residential rather than transient. It's the kind of pocket that draws buyers who want a settled community close to the Braden River East corridor, with neighbors like Oneco and Heritage Harbour rounding out the area. Assigned schools include Braden River High and Kinnan Elementary, and Tampa is reachable in about an hour when you need the big city.
The market here is tight and quiet — there are currently no active listings, so anything that comes up tends to move on word of mouth. Over the last 12 months, five homes sold at a median of $410,000, and sellers collected about 97% of asking on average. If you're set on this neighborhood, it pays to have an agent watching inventory closely and to be ready to act, since you may also want to keep an eye on nearby Bradenton homes for sale as a backup.
Garden Lakes Estates is a community in Bradenton, Florida.
Quick facts
5 sold in 12 months
Drive times
On the market now
Homes for sale in Garden Lakes Estates
Nothing active right now.
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The Garden Lakes Estates market
5
Sold, last 12 months
$410,000
Median sold price
97%
Sale-to-list ratio
What sellers actually get vs asking
97 days
Median time to sell
Garden Lakes Estates vs Bradenton
Median sold price — 3-yr, 3-mo rolling
▼ 13.1% yr/yr
Homes sold per month
Live Stellar MLS data — every listing and closed sale inside the Garden Lakes Estates boundary. Rolling medians smooth single-month swings in small communities.
For the school run
Schools Garden Lakes Estates is zoned for
Attendance boundaries overlapping this community — always verify zoning with the district.
Population
422
Median age
59
Median income
$83,313
Median home value
$365,200
Beyond the listings
Living in Garden Lakes Estates
Beliefs
Top 1% in the U.S.Spiritual Practices
Making it to church on Sunday, this population is drawn together by their devotion to, primarily Christian, religion. Common activities include worship services and bible studies.
Beliefs
Top 16% in the U.S.Mindfulness & Spirituality
Seeking peace and well-being through meditation, gratitude and spirituality.
Relationships
Love & Romance
Love is in the air when this population is present. Includes people expressing their feelings for significant others in special ways. Common activities include anniversaries and date nights.
Emotional
Deep Emotions
Sharing personal struggles and stories overcoming relationship issues, this population seeks to tell others about their emotional journeys.
Culture
Hip Hop Culture
Dropping the beat and raising the roof, this population enjoys everything hip hop culture has to offer, including music, dance moves, and fashion.
Relationships
Dating Life
With dating comes highs, lows, and lots of questions. You can find this population talking about dating advice, breakups and how to express their feelings.
People who close here
Our Bradenton experts
Straight answers
Garden Lakes Estates FAQs
Is Garden Lakes Estates a good place to live?+
It's a quiet, established East Bradenton neighborhood that suits buyers who value a settled residential feel over constant turnover. Homes are assigned to Braden River High School and Kinnan Elementary School, and you're within about an hour of downtown Tampa. The area sits near community neighbors like Oneco if you want to compare pockets.
Is Garden Lakes Estates expensive?+
It reads as a mid-market Bradenton neighborhood — the median sold price over the past year was $410,000. That's a reasonable entry point for the area, though with no homes currently listed, actual pricing depends heavily on what comes to market next.
What do homes cost in Garden Lakes Estates?+
There are no active listings right now, so the best guide is recent sales: five homes closed in the last 12 months at a median of $410,000. When something does list, expect it to price in that neighborhood range, and comparing with nearby Heritage Harbour can help set expectations.
How is the market in Garden Lakes Estates?+
It's low-inventory and low-turnover — just five homes sold over the past year and none are active today. Sellers averaged about 97% of their asking price, which points to steady, realistic pricing rather than a bidding frenzy.
What about HOA fees and property taxes?+
Current HOA and property tax figures aren't available in the active data, largely because there are no listings on the market right now. Any buyer should confirm those numbers directly on a specific property once one becomes available; browsing broader Bradenton homes for sale can give a sense of typical carrying costs in the meantime.
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