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Fort Myers, FL

97,369 Population
40 square miles 2,434.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 49.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.8 ±0.2

Economics

$39,853 ±$3,527 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $42,258 ±$1,190
  • a little less than the amount in Florida: $41,902 ±$290
$61,894 ±$11,040 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $71,547 ±$1,921
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $73,311 ±$577

19.9% ±5.3% (18,820  ±4,983) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 12.5% † 102,620 (±1.4% / ±11,352)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 12.3% 2,729,519 (±0.3% / ±62,129)

24.5 minutes ±0.8 (828,620  ±46,154) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 27.9 8,070,630 (±0.3 / ±138,262)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 27.9 243,090,270 (±0.1 / ±907,292)

Families

39,447 ±2,563 Number of households
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 326,338 ±6,265
  • Florida: 8,966,402 ±20,449
2.4 ±0.2 (94,664  ±75) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 2.5 821,021 (±0.1 / ±322)
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 2.5 † 22,130,724 (±62 / ±-555,555,600)

5.3% ±2.5% (1,105  ±547) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 5.4% † 8,562 (±1.3% / ±2,081)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 5.1% 250,538 (±0.2% / ±9,935)

Housing

52,216 ±2,870 Number of housing units
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 452,102 ±137
  • Florida: 10,451,823 ±503

$406,800 ±$41,435 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $391,700 ±$6,393
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $381,000 ±$1,579

17.1% ±3.9% (16,475  ±3,780.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 12.9% † 106,629 (±1.3% / ±11,007.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 13.6% 3,054,132 (±0.3% / ±54,986.7)

Social

87.1% ±4.7% (61,115  ±4,361.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 90.9% 574,964 (±2.1% / ±13,397.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 90.3% 14,820,362 (±0.4% / ±72,529.6)
34.9% ±3.6% (24,482  ±2,747.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 31.9% 202,035 (±1.2% / ±7,611.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 34.9% 5,733,894 (±0.3% / ±43,651)

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

21% ±3.8% (20,439  ±3,733) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 18.8% † 156,511 (±12,483.7% / ±9,897)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 22.1% † 4,996,874 (±543% / ±46,951)

5.2% ±1% (4,059  ±764) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 7.5% 52,184 (±0.4% / ±2,968)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 7.3% 1,327,057 (±0.1% / ±21,583)
4,059 Total veterans ±764 3,635 Male ±737 424 Female ±420

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