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Fort Myers Beach, FL

5,650 Population
2.8 square miles 2,031.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

66.6 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 49.1 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Florida: 42.4 ±0.1

Economics

$75,988 ±$8,021 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $41,332 ±$633
  • about double the amount in Florida: $38,850 ±$186
$87,204 ±$14,561 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $69,368 ±$834
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Florida: $67,917 ±$259

6.3% ±1.8% (358  ±104) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 11.7% 89,142 (±0.6% / ±4,310)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 12.9% 2,725,633 (±0.1% / ±29,282)

19.8 minutes ±5.8 (27,370  ±5,158) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 27.9 8,070,630 (±0.3 / ±138,262)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Florida: 27.9 243,090,270 (±0.1 / ±907,292)

Families

2,879 ±178 Number of households
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 311,348 ±2,302
  • Florida: 8,353,441 ±20,969
2 ±0.1 (5,623  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 2.4 761,051 (±0 / ±238)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,164,852

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

Housing

9,807 ±282 Number of housing units
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 419,916 ±177
  • Florida: 9,915,957 ±765

$538,600 ±$39,847 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $290,900 ±$2,752
  • nearly double the amount in Florida: $292,200 ±$719

12.3% ±3.7% (690  ±,206.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 14.4% 109,979 (±0.6% / ±4,473)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 14.4% 3,089,216 (±0.1% / ±26,486.4)

Social

95.7% ±6.2% (4,935  ±,377.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 90.1% 525,629 (±1.1% / ±6,126.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 89.3% 13,908,975 (±0.2% / ±36,411.4)
44.6% ±4.5% (2,299  ±,251.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 30.1% 175,717 (±0.6% / ±3,502.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 32.3% 5,037,466 (±0.1% / ±20,446.6)

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

5.7% ±2.1% (319  ±118) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 17.6% 135,835
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Florida: 21.1% 4,574,432

10.6% ±2.4% (567  ±130) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 8.3% 53,140 (±0.3% / ±1,835)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 7.9% 1,369,719 (±0.1% / ±10,194)
567 Total veterans ±130 533 Male ±110 34 Female ±40

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