Lely Resort vs Marco Island

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

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

Marco Island has the higher population (15,998 vs 8,296 in Lely Resort). Marco Island has the higher median household income ($104,105 vs $100,163 in Lely Resort). Marco Island has the higher median home value ($866,200 vs $599,000 in Lely Resort).

Population, income & housing

	Lely Resort	Marco Island
Population	8,296	15,998
Median age	58.4 yrs	67.7 yrs
Median household income	$100,163	$104,105
Median home value	$599,000	$866,200
Median gross rent	$2,028	$1,955
Housing units	6,146	18,436
Homeownership rate	59.3%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.3%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lely Resort	Marco Island
Population	6,295 → 8,296 (+31.8%)	17,834 → 15,998 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$67,232 → $100,163 (+49.0%)	$86,215 → $104,105 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$492,700 → $599,000 (+21.6%)	$678,900 → $866,200 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,377 → $2,028 (+47.3%)	$1,638 → $1,955 (+19.4%)

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

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)

	Lely Resort	Marco Island
Under 5	4.4%	1.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	4.7%
18 to 24	2.0%	2.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	3.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	4.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	6.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	18.5%
65 to 74	17.8%	24.1%
75 and over	22.0%	34.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lely Resort	Marco Island
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	90.3%
Black or African American	16.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lely Resort	Marco Island
No high school diploma	6.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	15.0%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	35.9%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.4%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lely Resort	Marco Island
Drove alone	77.7%	55.5%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	13.6%	31.7%
Other means	2.2%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lely Resort	Marco Island
1-unit, detached	31.6%	39.6%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	25.2%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	23.3%	11.9%
20 or more units	14.6%	43.8%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lely Resort	Marco Island
Poverty rate	7.3%	6.3%
Average household size	2.17	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	2007	1988