Bonita Springs vs Lehigh Acres

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

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

Lehigh Acres has the higher population (127,391 vs 54,830 in Bonita Springs). Bonita Springs has the higher median household income ($90,486 vs $62,330 in Lehigh Acres). Bonita Springs has the higher median home value ($460,600 vs $263,200 in Lehigh Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Bonita Springs	Lehigh Acres
Population	54,830	127,391
Median age	61.2 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$90,486	$62,330
Median home value	$460,600	$263,200
Median gross rent	$1,809	$1,496
Housing units	39,097	41,224
Homeownership rate	80.6%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonita Springs	Lehigh Acres
Population	55,902 → 54,830 (-1.9%)	123,378 → 127,391 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$70,249 → $90,486 (+28.8%)	$48,483 → $62,330 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$311,900 → $460,600 (+47.7%)	$158,900 → $263,200 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,295 → $1,809 (+39.7%)	$1,094 → $1,496 (+36.7%)

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

Lehigh Acres

Population

123,378127,391

Median household income

$48,483$62,330

Median home value

$158,900$263,200

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonita Springs	Lehigh Acres
Under 5	2.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	8.8%	21.1%
18 to 24	4.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	8.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	9.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	9.8%
65 to 74	21.3%	7.5%
75 and over	21.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonita Springs	Lehigh Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	31.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	45.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonita Springs	Lehigh Acres
No high school diploma	10.6%	17.9%
High school graduate	20.8%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonita Springs	Lehigh Acres
Drove alone	66.6%	75.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	12.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.6%
Walked	0.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	17.4%	9.8%
Other means	2.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonita Springs	Lehigh Acres
1-unit, detached	44.9%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	12.6%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Bonita Springs	Lehigh Acres
Poverty rate	8.4%	17.2%
Average household size	2.23	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	37
Median year structure built	1997	2002