Bonita Springs vs San Carlos Park

A side-by-side comparison of Bonita Springs and San Carlos Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bonita Springs has the higher population (54,830 vs 18,252 in San Carlos Park). Bonita Springs has the higher median household income ($90,486 vs $80,109 in San Carlos Park). Bonita Springs has the higher median home value ($460,600 vs $284,900 in San Carlos Park).

Population, income & housing

	Bonita Springs	San Carlos Park
Population	54,830	18,252
Median age	61.2 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$90,486	$80,109
Median home value	$460,600	$284,900
Median gross rent	$1,809	$1,571
Housing units	39,097	7,489
Homeownership rate	80.6%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonita Springs	San Carlos Park
Population	55,902 → 54,830 (-1.9%)	17,961 → 18,252 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$70,249 → $90,486 (+28.8%)	$61,963 → $80,109 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$311,900 → $460,600 (+47.7%)	$193,900 → $284,900 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,295 → $1,809 (+39.7%)	$1,271 → $1,571 (+23.6%)

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

San Carlos Park

Population

17,96118,252

Median household income

$61,963$80,109

Median home value

$193,900$284,900

Median gross rent

$1,271$1,571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonita Springs	San Carlos Park
Under 5	2.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	8.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	9.0%	14.9%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.6%
65 to 74	21.3%	9.2%
75 and over	21.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonita Springs	San Carlos Park
White (non-Hispanic)	72.3%	60.8%
Black or African American	1.9%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.8%	29.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonita Springs	San Carlos Park
No high school diploma	10.6%	10.0%
High school graduate	20.8%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonita Springs	San Carlos Park
Drove alone	66.6%	73.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	14.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	10.5%
Other means	2.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonita Springs	San Carlos Park
1-unit, detached	44.9%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	12.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Bonita Springs	San Carlos Park
Poverty rate	8.4%	9.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1997	1988