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Fort Myers CCD, Lee County, FL

171,510 Population
80.5 square miles 2,129.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lee County: 49.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$42,621 ±$1,569 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Lee County: $43,365 ±$634
  • a little higher than the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$61,349 ±$1,796 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lee County: $73,099 ±$1,143
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

14% ±1% (23,297  ±1,640) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lee County: 11.7% 91,539 (±0.6% / ±4,303)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

24.6 minutes ±1.6 (1,552,595  ±68,508) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lee County: 28.4 8,231,085 (±0.4 / ±171,972)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

75,371 ±1,752 Number of households
  • Lee County: 319,588 ±2,788
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2.2 ±0.1 (166,594  ±3,029) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lee County: 2.4 780,421 (±0 / ±214)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

5% ±1% (1,615  ±323) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Lee County: 5.1% † 7,650 (±0.5% / ±804)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

103,672 ±1,536 Number of housing units
  • Lee County: 430,243 ±197
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$280,600 ±$7,120 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lee County: $326,300 ±$3,843
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

16.3% ±1.4% (27,750  ±2,374.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lee County: 13.8% 108,231 (±0.6% / ±5,066.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

88.1% ±1.3% (116,945  ±2,790.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lee County: 90.4% 542,252 (±1.1% / ±6,415.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
32.1% ±1% (42,576  ±1,595.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lee County: 30.8% 184,547 (±0.6% / ±3,567.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 33.2% 5,263,931 (±0.1% / ±22,582.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

18% ±1.3% (30,885  ±2,210) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Lee County: 17.9% 141,927
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

7.3% ±0.5% (10,604  ±705) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lee County: 8% 52,360 (±0.3% / ±1,850)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
10,604 Total veterans ±705 9,762 Male ±618 842 Female ±270

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