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Fort Myers Beach, FL

5,687 Population
2.8 square miles 2,044.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

65.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 48.9 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Florida: 42.3 ±0.2

Economics

$67,456 ±$8,301 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $37,550 ±$581
  • nearly double the amount in Florida: $35,216 ±$176
$76,888 ±$8,621 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $63,235 ±$827
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $61,777 ±$263

6% ±2% (340  ±111) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 12.1% 89,578 (±0.6% / ±4,114)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 13.1% 2,744,612 (±0.1% / ±27,816)

19.6 minutes ±2.4 (28,970  ±7,182) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 27.8 7,970,535 (±0.4 / ±158,725)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Florida: 27.9 243,599,390 (±0.1 / ±923,372)

Families

2,757 ±203 Number of households
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 298,343 ±2,343
  • Florida: 8,157,420 ±21,974
2.1 ±0.2 (5,654  ±50) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 2.5 742,645 (±0 / ±1,124)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.6 20,924,324 (±0)

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

Housing

9,692 ±274 Number of housing units
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 410,239 ±461
  • Florida: 9,764,897 ±709

$465,900 ±$28,347 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $248,300 ±$2,782
  • nearly double the amount in Florida: $248,700 ±$613

13.8% ±4% (783  ±228.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 14.7% 109,333 (±0.6% / ±4,551.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 14.8% 3,117,770 (±0.1% / ±24,839.7)

Social

93.9% ±6.4% (4,911  ±390.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 89.8% 510,027 (±1.1% / ±6,242.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Florida: 89% 13,666,785 (±0.2% / ±36,739.5)
41.8% ±4.7% (2,187  ±260) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 29% 164,805 (±0.6% / ±3,628.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 31.5% 4,839,956 (±0.1% / ±21,264.8)

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

6% ±2.1% (342  ±117) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 17.1% 128,867 (±0.4% / ±2,973)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Florida: 21% 4,478,419 (±0.1% / ±23,188)

10.1% ±2% (552  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 8.6% 53,265 (±0.3% / ±1,753)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 8.2% 1,389,309 (±0.1% / ±10,929)
552 Total veterans ±110 518 Male ±109 34 Female ±33

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