Cape Coral vs Lehigh Acres

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

Cape Coral and Lehigh Acres 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 127,391 in Lehigh Acres). Cape Coral has the higher median household income ($76,062 vs $62,330 in Lehigh Acres). Cape Coral has the higher median home value ($339,200 vs $263,200 in Lehigh Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Cape Coral	Lehigh Acres
Population	206,387	127,391
Median age	48.7 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,062	$62,330
Median home value	$339,200	$263,200
Median gross rent	$1,751	$1,496
Housing units	95,914	41,224
Homeownership rate	77.7%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cape Coral	Lehigh Acres
Population	183,942 → 206,387 (+12.2%)	123,378 → 127,391 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$61,599 → $76,062 (+23.5%)	$48,483 → $62,330 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$229,400 → $339,200 (+47.9%)	$158,900 → $263,200 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,244 → $1,751 (+40.8%)	$1,094 → $1,496 (+36.7%)

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

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)

	Cape Coral	Lehigh Acres
Under 5	4.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	12.8%	21.1%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	16.0%	9.8%
65 to 74	14.6%	7.5%
75 and over	10.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cape Coral	Lehigh Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	31.0%
Black or African American	4.2%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	45.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cape Coral	Lehigh Acres
No high school diploma	6.8%	17.9%
High school graduate	35.3%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cape Coral	Lehigh Acres
Drove alone	76.0%	75.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	12.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.6%
Walked	1.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.1%	9.8%
Other means	1.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cape Coral	Lehigh Acres
1-unit, detached	79.4%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	1.9%
20 or more units	3.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Cape Coral	Lehigh Acres
Poverty rate	9.8%	17.2%
Average household size	2.59	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1999	2002