Cape Coral vs Estero

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

Cape Coral and Estero 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 37,258 in Estero). Estero has the higher median household income ($100,459 vs $76,062 in Cape Coral). Estero has the higher median home value ($430,500 vs $339,200 in Cape Coral).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Coral	Estero
Population	206,387	37,258
Median age	48.7 yrs	65.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,062	$100,459
Median home value	$339,200	$430,500
Median gross rent	$1,751	$1,917
Housing units	95,914	26,916
Homeownership rate	77.7%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	49.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Coral	Estero
Population	183,942 → 206,387 (+12.2%)	32,815 → 37,258 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$61,599 → $76,062 (+23.5%)	$82,054 → $100,459 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$229,400 → $339,200 (+47.9%)	$339,600 → $430,500 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,244 → $1,751 (+40.8%)	$1,572 → $1,917 (+21.9%)

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

Estero

Population

32,81537,258

Median household income

$82,054$100,459

Median home value

$339,600$430,500

Median gross rent

$1,572$1,917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape Coral	Estero
Under 5	4.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	12.8%	8.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	5.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	16.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.6%	25.7%
75 and over	10.4%	25.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Coral	Estero
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	86.9%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Coral	Estero
No high school diploma	6.8%	2.8%
High school graduate	35.3%	18.7%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Coral	Estero
Drove alone	76.0%	71.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	5.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	13.1%	19.8%
Other means	1.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Coral	Estero
1-unit, detached	79.4%	44.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	13.8%
20 or more units	3.7%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Cape Coral	Estero
Poverty rate	9.8%	6.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1999	2004