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Lehigh Acres, FL

130,548 Population
92.7 square miles 1,408.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±2.3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 49.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.8 ±0.2

Economics

$25,340 ±$1,725 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $42,258 ±$1,190
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Florida: $41,902 ±$290
$59,645 ±$7,677 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $71,547 ±$1,921
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $73,311 ±$577

16.8% ±4% (21,755  ±5,462) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 12.5% † 102,620 (±1.4% / ±11,352)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 12.3% 2,729,519 (±0.3% / ±62,129)

37 minutes ±0.9 (1,856,530  ±87,908) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 28.4 8,231,085 (±0.4 / ±171,972)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

40,585 ±2,667 Number of households
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 326,338 ±6,265
  • Florida: 8,966,402 ±20,449
3.2 ±0.1 (130,181  ±9,068) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 2.5 821,021 (±0.1 / ±322)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Florida: 2.5 22,130,724

5.9% ±2.8% (1,949  ±944) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 5.4% † 8,562 (±1.3% / ±2,081)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 5.1% 250,538 (±0.2% / ±9,935)

Housing

43,860 ±2,851 Number of housing units
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 452,102 ±137
  • Florida: 10,451,823 ±503

$321,700 ±$13,317 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $391,700 ±$6,393
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $381,000 ±$1,579

9.5% ±2.5% (12,132  ±3,301.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 12.9% † 106,629 (±1.3% / ±11,007.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 13.6% 3,054,132 (±0.3% / ±54,986.7)

Social

80.4% ±7.9% (69,597  ±4,788.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 90.9% 574,964 (±2.1% / ±13,397.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 90.3% 14,820,362 (±0.4% / ±72,529.6)
14.9% ±2% (12,928  ±1,960.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 31.9% 202,035 (±1.2% / ±7,611.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Florida: 34.9% 5,733,894 (±0.3% / ±43,651)

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

33.7% ±4.7% (44,027  ±6,860) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 18.8% 156,511
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 22.1% 4,996,874

4.2% ±1.1% (4,100  ±1,108) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 7.5% 52,184 (±0.4% / ±2,968)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 7.3% 1,327,057 (±0.1% / ±21,583)
4,100 Total veterans ±1,108 3,867 Male ±1,138 233 Female ±219

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