Cape Coral vs Fort Myers

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

Cape Coral and Fort Myers 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 91,730 in Fort Myers). Cape Coral has the higher median household income ($76,062 vs $62,160 in Fort Myers). Fort Myers has the higher median home value ($351,600 vs $339,200 in Cape Coral).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Coral	Fort Myers
Population	206,387	91,730
Median age	48.7 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,062	$62,160
Median home value	$339,200	$351,600
Median gross rent	$1,751	$1,442
Housing units	95,914	47,068
Homeownership rate	77.7%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Coral	Fort Myers
Population	183,942 → 206,387 (+12.2%)	79,927 → 91,730 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$61,599 → $76,062 (+23.5%)	$46,409 → $62,160 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$229,400 → $339,200 (+47.9%)	$238,700 → $351,600 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,244 → $1,751 (+40.8%)	$1,033 → $1,442 (+39.6%)

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

Fort Myers

Population

79,92791,730

Median household income

$46,409$62,160

Median home value

$238,700$351,600

Median gross rent

$1,033$1,442

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cape Coral	Fort Myers
Under 5	4.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	13.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	16.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	14.6%	12.3%
75 and over	10.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Coral	Fort Myers
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	46.9%
Black or African American	4.2%	21.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	24.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Coral	Fort Myers
No high school diploma	6.8%	14.2%
High school graduate	35.3%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Coral	Fort Myers
Drove alone	76.0%	69.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	12.3%
Public transit	0.3%	1.3%
Walked	1.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.7%
Worked from home	13.1%	12.9%
Other means	1.3%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Coral	Fort Myers
1-unit, detached	79.4%	36.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	19.4%
20 or more units	3.7%	23.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Cape Coral	Fort Myers
Poverty rate	9.8%	16.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1999	2001