Whitfield, also known as Whitfield Estates, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Manatee County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 2,989.
Louis Whitfield, a native of Montgomery, Alabama and president of the development, was founder and president of the Alaga Syrup Company and the W. W. Pickle Company. Many streets in the subdivision were named for the Whitfield family, including Broughton and Pearl. The original plan for Whitfield Estates called for a housing development, an 18-hole golf course, a hotel, a yacht basin, and man-made islands in the bay. Donald Ross was retained as the golf course architect. Sometime during late 1925 or very early into 1926, L. B. Whitfield abandoned the development and his interest was taken over by Adair Realty. The club was given its current name, "Sara Bay Country Club", in 1964.
As of the 2000 U.S. census, there were 2,984 people, 1,244 households, and 878 families residing in the CDP.