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Sanibel, FL

6,437 Population
16.2 square miles 397.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

68.2 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 48.9 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Florida: 42.3 ±0.2

Economics

$107,950 ±$17,789 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $37,550 ±$581
  • more than double the amount in Florida: $35,216 ±$176
$103,413 ±$22,428 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $63,235 ±$827
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Florida: $61,777 ±$263

6.9% ±2.9% (443  ±186) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of 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)

18.1 minutes ±6.1 (29,055  ±6,478) 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

3,471 ±163 Number of households
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 298,343 ±2,343
  • Florida: 8,157,420 ±21,974
1.9 ±0.1 (6,423  ±24) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 2.5 742,645 (±0 / ±1,124)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Florida: 2.6 20,924,324 (±0)

1.5% ±3.4% (5  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 4.6% † 6,510 (±0.5% / ±685)
  • about one-third of the rate in Florida: 4.9% 227,983 (±0.1% / ±4,599)

Housing

8,611 ±332 Number of housing units
  • the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 410,239 ±461
  • Florida: 9,764,897 ±709

$730,400 ±$83,368 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: $248,300 ±$2,782
  • more than double the amount in Florida: $248,700 ±$613

11.1% ±3.3% (711  ±213) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 14.7% 109,333 (±0.6% / ±4,551.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 14.8% 3,117,770 (±0.1% / ±24,839.7)

Social

99% ±10.3% (6,075  ±643.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 89.8% 510,027 (±1.1% / ±6,242.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 89% 13,666,785 (±0.2% / ±36,739.5)
58.2% ±5.6% (3,567  ±349.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 29% 164,805 (±0.6% / ±3,628.5)
  • nearly double 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

5.6% ±1.9% (363  ±119) 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)

7.7% ±1.7% (483  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metro Area: 8.6% 53,265 (±0.3% / ±1,753)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 8.2% 1,389,309 (±0.1% / ±10,929)
483 Total veterans ±104 457 Male ±99 26 Female ±24

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