Estero vs Iona

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

Estero and Iona are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Estero has the higher population (37,258 vs 14,290 in Iona). Estero has the higher median household income ($100,459 vs $66,143 in Iona). Estero has the higher median home value ($430,500 vs $295,700 in Iona).

Population, income & housing

	Estero	Iona
Population	37,258	14,290
Median age	65.4 yrs	68.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,459	$66,143
Median home value	$430,500	$295,700
Median gross rent	$1,917	$1,908
Housing units	26,916	13,567
Homeownership rate	84.2%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.7%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estero	Iona
Population	32,815 → 37,258 (+13.5%)	14,118 → 14,290 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$82,054 → $100,459 (+22.4%)	$58,075 → $66,143 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$339,600 → $430,500 (+26.8%)	$246,100 → $295,700 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,572 → $1,917 (+21.9%)	$1,376 → $1,908 (+38.7%)

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

Iona

Population

14,11814,290

Median household income

$58,075$66,143

Median home value

$246,100$295,700

Median gross rent

$1,376$1,908

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Estero	Iona
Under 5	2.3%	0.7%
5 to 17	8.3%	3.7%
18 to 24	3.7%	2.7%
25 to 34	6.5%	3.8%
35 to 44	5.7%	6.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	7.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	25.7%	23.6%
75 and over	25.0%	35.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estero	Iona
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estero	Iona
No high school diploma	2.8%	6.6%
High school graduate	18.7%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estero	Iona
Drove alone	71.0%	67.6%
Carpooled	5.8%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	19.8%	25.1%
Other means	1.8%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estero	Iona
1-unit, detached	44.1%	24.8%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	22.5%
20 or more units	8.5%	19.6%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	21.9%

Poverty & households

	Estero	Iona
Poverty rate	6.4%	7.4%
Average household size	2.03	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	2004	1993