Lely Resort vs Pelican Bay

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

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

Lely Resort has the higher population (8,296 vs 6,575 in Pelican Bay). Pelican Bay has the higher median household income ($159,187 vs $100,163 in Lely Resort). Pelican Bay has the higher median home value ($1,206,200 vs $599,000 in Lely Resort).

Population, income & housing

	Lely Resort	Pelican Bay
Population	8,296	6,575
Median age	58.4 yrs	73.8 yrs
Median household income	$100,163	$159,187
Median home value	$599,000	$1,206,200
Median gross rent	$2,028	—
Housing units	6,146	6,810
Homeownership rate	59.3%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.3%	74.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lely Resort	Pelican Bay
Population	6,295 → 8,296 (+31.8%)	6,140 → 6,575 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$67,232 → $100,163 (+49.0%)	$141,856 → $159,187 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$492,700 → $599,000 (+21.6%)	$983,600 → $1,206,200 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,377 → $2,028 (+47.3%)	$1,479 → $3,012 (+103.7%)

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

Pelican Bay

Population

6,1406,575

Median household income

$141,856$159,187

Median home value

$983,600$1,206,200

Median gross rent

$1,479$3,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lely Resort	Pelican Bay
Under 5	4.4%	0.3%
5 to 17	13.8%	1.7%
18 to 24	2.0%	1.4%
25 to 34	7.4%	0.7%
35 to 44	9.1%	1.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	1.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	16.3%
65 to 74	17.8%	30.4%
75 and over	22.0%	45.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lely Resort	Pelican Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	16.3%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lely Resort	Pelican Bay
No high school diploma	6.2%	1.6%
High school graduate	15.0%	6.7%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	35.9%	38.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.4%	35.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lely Resort	Pelican Bay
Drove alone	77.7%	41.7%
Carpooled	6.5%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.2%
Worked from home	13.6%	49.2%
Other means	2.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lely Resort	Pelican Bay
1-unit, detached	31.6%	13.8%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	25.2%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	23.3%	22.3%
20 or more units	14.6%	48.5%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Lely Resort	Pelican Bay
Poverty rate	7.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.17	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	2007	1993