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Sanibel, FL

6,420 Population
16.2 square miles 396.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

68.6 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 49.1 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Florida: 42.4 ±0.1

Economics

$114,484 ±$21,158 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $41,332 ±$633
  • more than double the amount in Florida: $38,850 ±$186
$111,683 ±$26,373 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $69,368 ±$834
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Florida: $67,917 ±$259

9.5% ±3.8% (610  ±245) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 11.7% 89,142 (±0.6% / ±4,310)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 12.9% 2,725,633 (±0.1% / ±29,282)

17.8 minutes ±6.7 (23,455  ±5,499) 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

3,491 ±173 Number of households
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 311,348 ±2,302
  • Florida: 8,353,441 ±20,969
1.8 ±0.1 (6,399  ±19) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters 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

8,475 ±292 Number of housing units
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 419,916 ±177
  • Florida: 9,915,957 ±765

$844,500 ±$103,110 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $290,900 ±$2,752
  • more than double the amount in Florida: $292,200 ±$719

13% ±3.8% (835  ±,243.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 14.4% 109,979 (±0.6% / ±4,473)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 14.4% 3,089,216 (±0.1% / ±26,486.4)

Social

99.4% ±9.9% (6,089  ±,616.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent 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)
59.2% ±6% (3,624  ±,371.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 30.1% 175,717 (±0.6% / ±3,502.5)
  • nearly double 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

5.2% ±1.8% (333  ±114) 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

7.7% ±2.3% (483  ±141) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 8.3% 53,140 (±0.3% / ±1,835)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 7.9% 1,369,719 (±0.1% / ±10,194)
483 Total veterans ±141 458 Male ±139 25 Female ±21

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