Bonita Springs vs Cape Coral

A side-by-side comparison of Bonita Springs and Cape Coral: population, income, housing, and more.

Bonita Springs and Cape Coral are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cape Coral has the higher population (206,387 vs 54,830 in Bonita Springs). Bonita Springs has the higher median household income ($90,486 vs $76,062 in Cape Coral). Bonita Springs has the higher median home value ($460,600 vs $339,200 in Cape Coral).

Population, income & housing

	Bonita Springs	Cape Coral
Population	54,830	206,387
Median age	61.2 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$90,486	$76,062
Median home value	$460,600	$339,200
Median gross rent	$1,809	$1,751
Housing units	39,097	95,914
Homeownership rate	80.6%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonita Springs	Cape Coral
Population	55,902 → 54,830 (-1.9%)	183,942 → 206,387 (+12.2%)
Median household income	$70,249 → $90,486 (+28.8%)	$61,599 → $76,062 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$311,900 → $460,600 (+47.7%)	$229,400 → $339,200 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,295 → $1,809 (+39.7%)	$1,244 → $1,751 (+40.8%)

Bonita Springs

Population

55,90254,830

Median household income

$70,249$90,486

Median home value

$311,900$460,600

Median gross rent

$1,295$1,809

Cape Coral

Population

183,942206,387

Median household income

$61,599$76,062

Median home value

$229,400$339,200

Median gross rent

$1,244$1,751

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonita Springs	Cape Coral
Under 5	2.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	8.8%	12.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.6%	11.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	21.3%	14.6%
75 and over	21.6%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonita Springs	Cape Coral
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	65.8%
Black or African American	1.9%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonita Springs	Cape Coral
No high school diploma	10.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	20.8%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonita Springs	Cape Coral
Drove alone	66.6%	76.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.3%
Walked	0.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.4%	13.1%
Other means	2.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonita Springs	Cape Coral
1-unit, detached	44.9%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	12.6%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Bonita Springs	Cape Coral
Poverty rate	8.4%	9.8%
Average household size	2.23	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1997	1999