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Alva, FL

3,279 Population
17.5 square miles 187.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.8 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 49.3 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$43,192 ±$11,243 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $43,365 ±$634
  • a little higher than the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$83,551 ±$21,841 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $73,099 ±$1,143
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

6% ±2.6% (196  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 11.7% 91,539 (±0.6% / ±4,303)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

33.1 minutes ±11.9 (35,630  ±8,892) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 28.4 8,231,085 (±0.4 / ±171,972)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

1,233 ±129 Number of households
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 319,588 ±2,788
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
2.7 ±0.3 (3,279  ±504) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 2.4 780,421 (±0 / ±214)
  • a little higher than the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

4.5% ±4.3% (27  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 5.1% † 7,650 (±0.5% / ±804)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 4.8% 231,960 (±0.1% / ±4,526)

Housing

1,348 ±130 Number of housing units
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 430,243 ±197
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$322,200 ±$135,308 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $326,300 ±$3,843
  • about the same as the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

8.6% ±5.6% (278  ±186.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 13.8% 108,231 (±0.6% / ±5,066.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

94.9% ±7.2% (2,322  ±344.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 90.4% 542,252 (±1.1% / ±6,415.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
30.3% ±6.9% (742  ±192.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 30.8% 184,547 (±0.6% / ±3,567.3)
  • about 90 percent of 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

9.4% ±5.7% (309  ±193) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 17.9% 141,927
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

9.3% ±3.9% (243  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 8% 52,360 (±0.3% / ±1,850)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
243 Total veterans ±105 243 Male ±105 N/A Female ±15

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