Lely vs Pelican Marsh

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

Lely and Pelican Marsh 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 2,513 in Pelican Marsh). Pelican Marsh has the higher median household income ($136,141 vs $65,029 in Lely). Pelican Marsh has the higher median home value ($1,087,800 vs $290,400 in Lely).

Population, income & housing

	Lely	Pelican Marsh
Population	3,770	2,513
Median age	65.7 yrs	72.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,029	$136,141
Median home value	$290,400	$1,087,800
Median gross rent	$1,826	$2,866
Housing units	2,740	2,178
Homeownership rate	81.2%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	75.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lely	Pelican Marsh
Population	3,675 → 3,770 (+2.6%)	2,257 → 2,513 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$51,750 → $65,029 (+25.7%)	$105,542 → $136,141 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$228,500 → $290,400 (+27.1%)	$715,300 → $1,087,800 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,738 → $1,826 (+5.1%)	$2,724 → $2,866 (+5.2%)

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

Pelican Marsh

Population

2,2572,513

Median household income

$105,542$136,141

Median home value

$715,300$1,087,800

Median gross rent

$2,724$2,866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lely	Pelican Marsh
Under 5	1.1%	0.5%
5 to 17	4.9%	2.6%
18 to 24	4.4%	0.3%
25 to 34	4.7%	1.4%
35 to 44	5.8%	2.3%
45 to 54	14.5%	3.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	24.4%
65 to 74	22.8%	27.9%
75 and over	28.9%	36.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lely	Pelican Marsh
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	87.7%
Black or African American	3.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lely	Pelican Marsh
No high school diploma	5.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	30.7%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	41.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	33.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lely	Pelican Marsh
Drove alone	69.2%	46.4%
Carpooled	16.1%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	41.4%
Other means	2.6%	8.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lely	Pelican Marsh
1-unit, detached	31.5%	44.7%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	38.1%	23.8%
20 or more units	21.7%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lely	Pelican Marsh
Poverty rate	8.7%	1.8%
Average household size	1.93	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1985	1998