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Fort Myers Beach, FL

5,548 Population
2.8 square miles 1,994.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

66.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 49.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$78,997 ±$11,332 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $43,365 ±$634
  • nearly double the amount in Florida: $41,055 ±$191
$90,833 ±$12,133 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $73,099 ±$1,143
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $71,711 ±$282

7.5% ±2.6% (418  ±143) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 11.7% 91,539 (±0.6% / ±4,303)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,707,698 (±0.1% / ±27,380)

20.5 minutes ±6.1 (29,345  ±5,885) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 28.4 8,231,085 (±0.4 / ±171,972)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

2,872 ±160 Number of households
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 319,588 ±2,788
  • Florida: 8,550,911 ±21,145
1.9 ±0.1 (5,527  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 2.4 780,421 (±0 / ±214)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,454,752

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

Housing

9,773 ±286 Number of housing units
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 430,243 ±197
  • Florida: 10,082,356 ±678

$611,600 ±$43,813 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $326,300 ±$3,843
  • nearly double the amount in Florida: $325,000 ±$895

10.5% ±3.2% (576  ±178) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 13.8% 108,231 (±0.6% / ±5,066.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 14% 3,045,406 (±0.1% / ±24,362.6)

Social

96.3% ±6.4% (4,882  ±378.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 90.4% 542,252 (±1.1% / ±6,415.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 89.6% 14,206,862 (±0.2% / ±38,654.5)
45% ±4.8% (2,284  ±257.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 30.8% 184,547 (±0.6% / ±3,567.3)
  • about 1.4 times 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

6.3% ±2.2% (348  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 17.9% 141,927
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Florida: 21.4% 4,694,419

10.7% ±2% (566  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 8% 52,360 (±0.3% / ±1,850)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 7.7% 1,347,330 (±0.1% / ±10,604)
566 Total veterans ±107 484 Male ±104 82 Female ±19

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