Marco Island vs Pelican Bay

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

Marco Island and Pelican Bay 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 6,575 in Pelican Bay). Pelican Bay has the higher median household income ($159,187 vs $104,105 in Marco Island). Pelican Bay has the higher median home value ($1,206,200 vs $866,200 in Marco Island).

Population, income & housing

	Marco Island	Pelican Bay
Population	15,998	6,575
Median age	67.7 yrs	73.8 yrs
Median household income	$104,105	$159,187
Median home value	$866,200	$1,206,200
Median gross rent	$1,955	—
Housing units	18,436	6,810
Homeownership rate	89.9%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.9%	74.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marco Island	Pelican Bay
Population	17,834 → 15,998 (-10.3%)	6,140 → 6,575 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$86,215 → $104,105 (+20.8%)	$141,856 → $159,187 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$678,900 → $866,200 (+27.6%)	$983,600 → $1,206,200 (+22.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,638 → $1,955 (+19.4%)	$1,479 → $3,012 (+103.7%)

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

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)

	Marco Island	Pelican Bay
Under 5	1.7%	0.3%
5 to 17	4.7%	1.7%
18 to 24	2.0%	1.4%
25 to 34	3.0%	0.7%
35 to 44	4.9%	1.7%
45 to 54	6.3%	1.9%
55 to 64	18.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	24.1%	30.4%
75 and over	34.8%	45.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marco Island	Pelican Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.9%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marco Island	Pelican Bay
No high school diploma	2.6%	1.6%
High school graduate	21.9%	6.7%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	38.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	35.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marco Island	Pelican Bay
Drove alone	55.5%	41.7%
Carpooled	6.0%	4.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	3.2%
Worked from home	31.7%	49.2%
Other means	2.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marco Island	Pelican Bay
1-unit, detached	39.6%	13.8%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	22.3%
20 or more units	43.8%	48.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Marco Island	Pelican Bay
Poverty rate	6.3%	6.2%
Average household size	1.90	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1988	1993