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Lehigh Acres, FL

151,444 Population
92.7 square miles 1,633.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±1.1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 48.4 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$26,077 ±$1,994 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $47,088 ±$1,561
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $43,582 ±$267
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$70,800 ±$6,228 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $83,602 ±$2,555
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $77,735 ±$564
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

18.1% ±4.7% (27,375  ±7,362) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 11.6% † 98,313 (±1.3% / ±10,597)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 12.1% 2,758,614 (±0.3% / ±58,688)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

38.2 minutes ±0.5 (2,014,115  ±85,627) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 29.4 8,725,520 (±0.4 / ±162,521)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

44,622 ±3,480 Number of households
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 337,411 ±6,797
  • Florida: 9,141,675 ±28,885
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
3.4 ±0.4 (151,151  ±11,221) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 2.5 844,844 (±0.1 / ±825)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Florida: 2.5 22,888,804
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.5% ±2.2% (1,780  ±897) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 4.8% † 7,912 (±1% / ±1,724)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 4.7% 241,304 (±0.2% / ±10,582)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

48,207 ±3,366 Number of housing units
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 465,172 ±347
  • Florida: 10,629,845 ±2,325
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$332,800 ±$9,833 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $396,500 ±$7,070
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $396,900 ±$1,617
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.4% ±3.7% (23,089  ±5,822.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 13.7% 116,872 (±1.1% / ±9,628.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 13.3% 3,086,717 (±0.2% / ±56,358.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

82.1% ±3.3% (78,280  ±5,802.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 90.2% 586,056 (±2.1% / ±13,497.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 90.4% 15,337,477 (±0.4% / ±70,152)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
13.1% ±2.1% (12,503  ±2,142.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 32.4% 210,749 (±1.2% / ±8,046.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Florida: 35.8% 6,082,851 (±0.3% / ±43,849)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

32% ±2.4% (48,420  ±5,077) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 20.7% 178,143
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 23.1% 5,392,412
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.6% ±1.1% (3,902  ±1,235) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 7.6% 54,392 (±0.6% / ±4,017)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 7% 1,307,724 (±0.1% / ±20,537)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,902 Total veterans ±1,235 3,321 Male ±1,114 581 Female ±448

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