Immokalee vs Lely Resort

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

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

Immokalee has the higher population (25,624 vs 8,296 in Lely Resort). Lely Resort has the higher median household income ($100,163 vs $46,143 in Immokalee). Lely Resort has the higher median home value ($599,000 vs $197,000 in Immokalee).

Population, income & housing

	Immokalee	Lely Resort
Population	25,624	8,296
Median age	30.0 yrs	58.4 yrs
Median household income	$46,143	$100,163
Median home value	$197,000	$599,000
Median gross rent	$941	$2,028
Housing units	7,198	6,146
Homeownership rate	39.2%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	58.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Immokalee	Lely Resort
Population	26,597 → 25,624 (-3.7%)	6,295 → 8,296 (+31.8%)
Median household income	$30,885 → $46,143 (+49.4%)	$67,232 → $100,163 (+49.0%)
Median home value	$121,200 → $197,000 (+62.5%)	$492,700 → $599,000 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $941 (+17.9%)	$1,377 → $2,028 (+47.3%)

Immokalee

Population

26,59725,624

Median household income

$30,885$46,143

Median home value

$121,200$197,000

Median gross rent

$798$941

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)

	Immokalee	Lely Resort
Under 5	9.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	22.1%	13.8%
18 to 24	12.2%	2.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	7.4%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	8.7%
55 to 64	8.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	5.4%	17.8%
75 and over	2.3%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Immokalee	Lely Resort
White (non-Hispanic)	4.1%	66.0%
Black or African American	21.9%	16.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	73.2%	14.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Immokalee	Lely Resort
No high school diploma	45.9%	6.2%
High school graduate	31.6%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Immokalee	Lely Resort
Drove alone	64.2%	77.7%
Carpooled	25.9%	6.5%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	13.6%
Other means	2.2%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Immokalee	Lely Resort
1-unit, detached	43.5%	31.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	25.2%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	23.3%
20 or more units	5.2%	14.6%
Mobile home & other	21.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Immokalee	Lely Resort
Poverty rate	24.9%	7.3%
Average household size	3.90	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	36	23
Median year structure built	1993	2007