Golden Gate vs Lely Resort

A side-by-side comparison of Golden Gate and Lely Resort: population, income, housing, and more.

Golden Gate and Lely Resort are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Golden Gate has the higher population (28,767 vs 8,296 in Lely Resort). Lely Resort has the higher median household income ($100,163 vs $64,767 in Golden Gate). Lely Resort has the higher median home value ($599,000 vs $365,400 in Golden Gate).

Population, income & housing

	Golden Gate	Lely Resort
Population	28,767	8,296
Median age	35.4 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,767	$100,163
Median home value	$365,400	$599,000
Median gross rent	$1,641	$2,028
Housing units	8,613	6,146
Homeownership rate	54.4%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden Gate	Lely Resort
Population	29,552 → 28,767 (-2.7%)	6,295 → 8,296 (+31.8%)
Median household income	$48,958 → $64,767 (+32.3%)	$67,232 → $100,163 (+49.0%)
Median home value	$233,800 → $365,400 (+56.3%)	$492,700 → $599,000 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,213 → $1,641 (+35.3%)	$1,377 → $2,028 (+47.3%)

Golden Gate

Population

29,55228,767

Median household income

$48,958$64,767

Median home value

$233,800$365,400

Median gross rent

$1,213$1,641

Lely Resort

Population

6,2958,296

Median household income

$67,232$100,163

Median home value

$492,700$599,000

Median gross rent

$1,377$2,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden Gate	Lely Resort
Under 5	7.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	2.0%
25 to 34	15.2%	7.4%
35 to 44	16.8%	9.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	8.7%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.8%
65 to 74	4.8%	17.8%
75 and over	4.6%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden Gate	Lely Resort
White (non-Hispanic)	18.0%	66.0%
Black or African American	15.0%	16.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	65.3%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden Gate	Lely Resort
No high school diploma	21.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	42.6%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden Gate	Lely Resort
Drove alone	71.7%	77.7%
Carpooled	17.9%	6.5%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	13.6%
Other means	1.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden Gate	Lely Resort
1-unit, detached	52.9%	31.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	20.9%	25.2%
5 to 19 units	21.1%	23.3%
20 or more units	2.9%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Golden Gate	Lely Resort
Poverty rate	12.9%	7.3%
Average household size	3.55	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1986	2007