Where Does Scott Baio Live in Florida? Inside His Move to Bradenton

Where does Scott Baio live? The Happy Days and Charles in Charge actor lives in Bradenton, Florida, in Manatee County on the Gulf Coast. He and his wife Renee moved there from Los Angeles in the spring of 2023, after he announced he was leaving California for good. The Sarasota Herald-Tribune broke the story, and Fox Business and WFLA followed it. Here is what public reporting says about the home, the move, and the house he left behind.

Key takeaways

• Baio lives in Bradenton, in Manatee County, between Tampa Bay and Sarasota on Florida's Gulf Coast.
• The family bought a home in 2023 and lived in a nearby condo while work on the house was finished. The price was not reported.
• He listed his Woodland Hills, California home for $3.85 million in April 2023, per Fox Business.
• Renee Baio said she picked the area for its small town feel and its distance to Anna Maria Island and Siesta Key.

Where does Scott Baio live in Florida?

Baio lives in Bradenton, the seat of Manatee County. The city sits on the south bank of the Manatee River, across the bay from St. Petersburg and about 15 minutes north of Sarasota. Anna Maria Island, a seven-mile barrier island with old Florida beach towns, sits just to the west. Bradenton is on the Gulf Coast, on the opposite side of the state from the counties Pure Equity serves. We cover it because the search interest is real.

The move became public in April 2023. Baio posted that after 45 years he was making his way to exit stage right from California. A few weeks later the Herald-Tribune reported that the family had landed in Bradenton. Renee Baio told the paper she had bought a home there and that the family was living in a condo nearby in the meantime.

No outlet has named the neighborhood, and Pure Equity does not publish private addresses. The reporting places the house near the water. Baio himself told a local outlet the family was living its best life near the water. That is as specific as the public record gets.

Bradenton itself is a working city of about 55,000 people with a historic downtown on the river, a spring training park for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and the IMG Academy sports campus on its south side. It has grown fast since 2020, and much of that growth has come from out-of-state buyers who found Sarasota prices too high and Tampa too busy. The Baios fit that pattern closely.

Inside the reported Bradenton home

The Florida house has stayed out of the news. Fox Business reported that the family was living in a temporary condo while the new house was under construction. WFLA described the same arrangement, with Renee saying the family had purchased a home and was waiting to move in. Reports differ on whether that meant a new build or a major renovation of an existing house.

What the outlets agree on is the timeline. The purchase happened in spring 2023, the family used a condo for a stretch of months, and by later that year local coverage described them as settled in Bradenton. No price, square footage or bedroom count has been published for the Florida home, so we do not estimate one.

The California house is a different story, because it went on the open market. Fox Business reported that Baio listed the Woodland Hills home for $3.85 million in April 2023. The listing described about 6,300 square feet, five bedrooms, four and a half bathrooms and a home theater. Woodland Hills is a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles, and the Baios had lived in that area for years.

Why Scott Baio chose Bradenton

Baio gave two sets of reasons, and they came from different members of the family. His own were about leaving. In his posts and interviews he said crime and homelessness had made Los Angeles a place he no longer wanted to raise his daughter. He said California was not a safe place anymore. Those are his words, and this post takes no position on them.

Renee's reasons were about arriving. She told the Herald-Tribune that she chose Manatee County because it is close to Anna Maria Island and Siesta Key, and because she loves the small town feel and values of the county. She also said she wanted to support the area's mom and pop businesses and keep them thriving. That is a fairly common set of reasons for Gulf Coast buyers, celebrity or not.

The Baios were part of a wave. The same year, Jeff Bezos announced a move to Miami and Guy Fieri talked up his Florida ties, and news outlets bundled Baio with them in year-end roundups of celebrities who moved to Florida in 2023. That Gulf Coast version of the wave has been quieter than the Miami one, but Bradenton, Sarasota and Lakewood Ranch have all drawn well-known names.

Where else does Scott Baio live?

Reporting does not describe a second home. The Woodland Hills house was listed for sale, and Baio said the move was permanent, so Florida is the family's only reported base. He grew up in Brooklyn before his family moved to Los Angeles for his acting career, but he has no reported property in New York.

His work has changed shape too. Baio has spent recent years on podcasts, conservative media appearances and occasional acting, none of which requires a Los Angeles address. That is part of why an actor with 45 years in California could leave without a work reason to stay.

What homes near Scott Baio cost

Bradenton is outside Pure Equity's service area. The closest South Florida equivalent to a small coastal town near the water, with a barrier island a few minutes away, is Hobe Sound in Martin County, where Jupiter Island sits just across the Intracoastal. Buyers who want a gated waterfront community in the same part of the coast look at Sailfish Point in Stuart.

Our MLS feed as of September 2026 shows about 190 active listings in Hobe Sound, with a median list price near $570,000 and an average of about 148 days on market. Stuart shows about 650 active listings at a median near $429,000. Waterfront homes in both towns run well above those medians. Our waterfront homes page filters the coast down to homes on the water, and the Martin County page carries the county view.

For the Gulf Coast itself, our Manatee County page pulls live listings and market stats for Bradenton, Anna Maria Island and Lakewood Ranch. It is a data page rather than a service area, but the numbers update nightly. Manatee County prices have risen sharply since the Baios arrived, so a buyer following their path today faces a very different market than the one they bought into in 2023.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Scott Baio live now?

He lives in Bradenton, Florida, with his wife Renee and their daughter. The family moved from Los Angeles in spring 2023. Local and national coverage since then has continued to place him in Manatee County.

Where in Bradenton does Scott Baio live?

The neighborhood has not been named by the Herald-Tribune, Fox Business or WFLA, and Pure Equity does not publish private addresses. Baio has said the home is near the water. Bradenton's waterfront neighborhoods run along the Manatee River, Sarasota Bay and the canals near Anna Maria Island.

Where does Scott Baio live full time?

Bradenton is his full-time home. He listed the California house for sale in April 2023 and described the move as permanent. There is no reported second residence.

How much did Scott Baio pay for the Bradenton home?

The price was not reported. The only real estate figure in the public record is the $3.85 million asking price on his former Woodland Hills home. Fox Business published that number from the California listing.

Is Bradenton part of South Florida?

No. Bradenton is on the Gulf Coast, roughly 200 miles by road from West Palm Beach. Pure Equity serves Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and five other counties on the Atlantic side of the state.

Did Scott Baio sell the California house?

He listed it in April 2023 at $3.85 million, per Fox Business. Later reports said the home sold, but the outlets we reviewed did not agree on a final price, so we do not quote one. The family had already moved to Florida when the listing went live.

If you own a home in Hobe Sound, Stuart or anywhere in Martin County and want to know what it would bring on today's market, request a free home valuation from Pure Equity. Buyers can browse Hobe Sound listings or see luxury homes across South Florida. For more Gulf Coast names, read where Dick Vitale lives in Lakewood Ranch and where Tom Cruise lives in Clearwater.

Sources

• Fox Business, Scott Baio's family buys home in Florida after leaving California
• WFLA, Scott Baio living in Bradenton after announcing move from California
• Bradenton Patch, Actor Scott Baio moves family to Bradenton

Based on publicly reported information; details may change and are not independently verified by Pure Equity. We do not publish private addresses.