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Fort Myers, FL

99,929 Population
40.1 square miles 2,495.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 48.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 42.7 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,528 ±$4,394 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $47,088 ±$1,561
  • about the same as the amount in Florida: $43,582 ±$267
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$70,480 ±$7,003 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

16.3% ±4.4% (15,851  ±4,284) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 11.6% † 98,313 (±1.3% / ±10,597)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 12.1% 2,758,614 (±0.3% / ±58,688)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

25.2 minutes ±1.1 (911,200  ±52,752) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 29.4 8,725,520 (±0.4 / ±162,521)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

40,374 ±3,232 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
2.4 ±0.2 (96,728  ±84) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 2.5 844,844 (±0.1 / ±825)
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 2.5 22,888,804
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.7% ±2.3% (831  ±530) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 4.8% † 7,912 (±1% / ±1,724)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 4.7% 241,304 (±0.2% / ±10,582)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

49,423 ±3,409 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

$416,200 ±$39,294 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $396,500 ±$7,070
  • a little higher than the amount in Florida: $396,900 ±$1,617
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.4% ±3.6% (16,164  ±3,521.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 13.7% 116,872 (±1.1% / ±9,628.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 13.3% 3,086,717 (±0.2% / ±56,358.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.2% ±5.2% (65,980  ±4,540.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 90.2% 586,056 (±2.1% / ±13,497.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 90.4% 15,337,477 (±0.4% / ±70,152)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
33% ±3.4% (24,945  ±2,742.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 32.4% 210,749 (±1.2% / ±8,046.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 35.8% 6,082,851 (±0.3% / ±43,849)
  • about 90 percent 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

26.9% ±4.7% (26,878  ±4,694) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 20.7% 178,143
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 23.1% 5,392,412
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.8% ±1.3% (4,828  ±1,080) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 7.6% 54,392 (±0.6% / ±4,017)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 7% 1,307,724 (±0.1% / ±20,537)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,828 Total veterans ±1,080 4,244 Male ±935 584 Female ±378

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