Island Walk vs Lely

A side-by-side comparison of Island Walk and Lely: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lely has the higher population (3,770 vs 2,724 in Island Walk). Island Walk has the higher median household income ($78,857 vs $65,029 in Lely). Island Walk has the higher median home value ($579,800 vs $290,400 in Lely).

Population, income & housing

	Island Walk	Lely
Population	2,724	3,770
Median age	67.7 yrs	65.7 yrs
Median household income	$78,857	$65,029
Median home value	$579,800	$290,400
Median gross rent	$1,846	$1,826
Housing units	2,127	2,740
Homeownership rate	87.2%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Island Walk	Lely
Population	3,112 → 2,724 (-12.5%)	3,675 → 3,770 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$70,509 → $78,857 (+11.8%)	$51,750 → $65,029 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$409,400 → $579,800 (+41.6%)	$228,500 → $290,400 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,125 → $1,846 (-13.1%)	$1,738 → $1,826 (+5.1%)

Island Walk

Population

3,1122,724

Median household income

$70,509$78,857

Median home value

$409,400$579,800

Median gross rent

$2,125$1,846

Lely

Population

3,6753,770

Median household income

$51,750$65,029

Median home value

$228,500$290,400

Median gross rent

$1,738$1,826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Island Walk	Lely
Under 5	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	3.5%	4.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.7%
35 to 44	0.7%	5.8%
45 to 54	16.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	33.3%	22.8%
75 and over	25.0%	28.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Island Walk	Lely
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Island Walk	Lely
No high school diploma	8.5%	5.1%
High school graduate	22.8%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Island Walk	Lely
Drove alone	77.9%	69.2%
Carpooled	8.4%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.7%	10.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Island Walk	Lely
1-unit, detached	53.9%	31.5%
1-unit, attached	45.5%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	38.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	21.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Island Walk	Lely
Poverty rate	8.5%	8.7%
Average household size	1.98	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	2003	1985