Estero vs Lehigh Acres

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

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

Lehigh Acres has the higher population (127,391 vs 37,258 in Estero). Estero has the higher median household income ($100,459 vs $62,330 in Lehigh Acres). Estero has the higher median home value ($430,500 vs $263,200 in Lehigh Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Estero	Lehigh Acres
Population	37,258	127,391
Median age	65.4 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$100,459	$62,330
Median home value	$430,500	$263,200
Median gross rent	$1,917	$1,496
Housing units	26,916	41,224
Homeownership rate	84.2%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.7%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estero	Lehigh Acres
Population	32,815 → 37,258 (+13.5%)	123,378 → 127,391 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$82,054 → $100,459 (+22.4%)	$48,483 → $62,330 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$339,600 → $430,500 (+26.8%)	$158,900 → $263,200 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,572 → $1,917 (+21.9%)	$1,094 → $1,496 (+36.7%)

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

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)

	Estero	Lehigh Acres
Under 5	2.3%	6.5%
5 to 17	8.3%	21.1%
18 to 24	3.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	6.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	5.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	8.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	9.8%
65 to 74	25.7%	7.5%
75 and over	25.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estero	Lehigh Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	31.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	45.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estero	Lehigh Acres
No high school diploma	2.8%	17.9%
High school graduate	18.7%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estero	Lehigh Acres
Drove alone	71.0%	75.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	1.1%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	19.8%	9.8%
Other means	1.8%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estero	Lehigh Acres
1-unit, detached	44.1%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	1.9%
20 or more units	8.5%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Estero	Lehigh Acres
Poverty rate	6.4%	17.2%
Average household size	2.03	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	26	37
Median year structure built	2004	2002