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Fort Myers Beach, FL

5,513 Population
2.8 square miles 1,982 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

66.3 ±2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 49 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$75,672 ±$9,757 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $44,931 ±$637
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
$91,291 ±$14,596 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $76,107 ±$1,463
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284

5.4% ±2.5% (295  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 12% 96,536 (±0.6% / ±4,526)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)

20.7 minutes ±6 (29,745  ±5,413) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 29.4 8,725,520 (±0.4 / ±162,521)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)

Families

2,831 ±168 Number of households
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 327,803 ±2,445
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
2 ±0.1 (5,513  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 2.5 804,516 (±0 / ±231)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310

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

Housing

9,886 ±268 Number of housing units
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 441,194 ±174
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942

$642,400 ±$43,104 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $362,200 ±$3,248
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930

10.9% ±3.7% (600  ±205.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 13.6% 110,161 (±0.6% / ±4,904.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)

Social

96.9% ±6.3% (4,897  ±394.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 90.3% 558,327 (±1% / ±6,454.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
44.7% ±4.8% (2,258  ±264) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 31.2% 193,016 (±0.6% / ±3,538.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)

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

5.7% ±2.2% (316  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 18.9% 154,309
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727

6.4% ±1.8% (339  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 7.7% 52,032 (±0.3% / ±1,868)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
339 Total veterans ±97 339 Male ±97 N/A Female ±21

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