Immokalee vs Marco Island

A side-by-side comparison of Immokalee and Marco Island: population, income, housing, and more.

Immokalee and Marco Island 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 15,998 in Marco Island). Marco Island has the higher median household income ($104,105 vs $46,143 in Immokalee). Marco Island has the higher median home value ($866,200 vs $197,000 in Immokalee).

Population, income & housing

	Immokalee	Marco Island
Population	25,624	15,998
Median age	30.0 yrs	67.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,143	$104,105
Median home value	$197,000	$866,200
Median gross rent	$941	$1,955
Housing units	7,198	18,436
Homeownership rate	39.2%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Immokalee	Marco Island
Population	26,597 → 25,624 (-3.7%)	17,834 → 15,998 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$30,885 → $46,143 (+49.4%)	$86,215 → $104,105 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$121,200 → $197,000 (+62.5%)	$678,900 → $866,200 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $941 (+17.9%)	$1,638 → $1,955 (+19.4%)

Immokalee

Population

26,59725,624

Median household income

$30,885$46,143

Median home value

$121,200$197,000

Median gross rent

$798$941

Marco Island

Population

17,83415,998

Median household income

$86,215$104,105

Median home value

$678,900$866,200

Median gross rent

$1,638$1,955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Immokalee	Marco Island
Under 5	9.1%	1.7%
5 to 17	22.1%	4.7%
18 to 24	12.2%	2.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	3.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	4.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	6.3%
55 to 64	8.9%	18.5%
65 to 74	5.4%	24.1%
75 and over	2.3%	34.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Immokalee	Marco Island
White (non-Hispanic)	4.1%	90.3%
Black or African American	21.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	73.2%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Immokalee	Marco Island
No high school diploma	45.9%	2.6%
High school graduate	31.6%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Immokalee	Marco Island
Drove alone	64.2%	55.5%
Carpooled	25.9%	6.0%
Public transit	2.7%	0.5%
Walked	1.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.5%
Worked from home	3.1%	31.7%
Other means	2.2%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Immokalee	Marco Island
1-unit, detached	43.5%	39.6%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	11.9%
20 or more units	5.2%	43.8%
Mobile home & other	21.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Immokalee	Marco Island
Poverty rate	24.9%	6.3%
Average household size	3.90	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	36	24
Median year structure built	1993	1988