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Alva, FL

3,013 Population
17.5 square miles 172.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 48.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.2 ±0.2

Economics

$39,972 ±$7,152 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $34,818 ±$608
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $32,848 ±$160
$88,222 ±$16,783 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $59,608 ±$1,036
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Florida: $57,703 ±$269

6.8% ±3.1% (206  ±101) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 11.8% 88,294 (±0.7% / ±4,923)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 13.3% 2,772,939 (±0.1% / ±26,520)

32.5 minutes ±1.8 (44,885  ±9,686) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 27.6 8,074,610 (±0.4 / ±148,170)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 27.9 246,298,015 (±0.1 / ±952,727)

Families

1,144 ±169 Number of households
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 288,916 ±2,715
  • Florida: 7,931,313 ±23,200
2.6 ±0.4 (3,013  ±602) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 2.6 746,572 (±0 / ±1,275)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 2.6 20,785,401 (±0)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,385 ±152 Number of housing units
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 401,252 ±516
  • Florida: 9,562,324 ±884

$284,300 ±$59,338 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $235,300 ±$3,031
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $232,000 ±$608

18.6% ±8.5% (561  ±278.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 14.9% 111,458 (±0.7% / ±4,965.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 15.1% 3,174,526 (±0.1% / ±24,695.6)

Social

94.7% ±4.4% (2,197  ±365.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 89.3% 509,868 (±1.1% / ±6,316.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 88.5% 13,503,528 (±0.2% / ±36,351.4)
27.7% ±5.4% (642  ±161.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 28.5% 162,712 (±0.6% / ±3,445.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 30.6% 4,659,946 (±0.1% / ±20,872)

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

10.6% ±8.2% (318  ±254) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 16.6% 125,885 (±0.5% / ±3,628)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 20.8% 4,410,286 (±0.1% / ±24,407)

8.3% ±3.1% (214  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 8.9% 55,123 (±0.3% / ±1,829)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 8.4% 1,416,472 (±0.1% / ±10,623)
214 Total veterans ±88 214 Male ±88 N/A Female ±14

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