Estero vs San Carlos Park

A side-by-side comparison of Estero and San Carlos Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Estero and San Carlos Park 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 18,252 in San Carlos Park). Estero has the higher median household income ($100,459 vs $80,109 in San Carlos Park). Estero has the higher median home value ($430,500 vs $284,900 in San Carlos Park).

Population, income & housing

	Estero	San Carlos Park
Population	37,258	18,252
Median age	65.4 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,459	$80,109
Median home value	$430,500	$284,900
Median gross rent	$1,917	$1,571
Housing units	26,916	7,489
Homeownership rate	84.2%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.7%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estero	San Carlos Park
Population	32,815 → 37,258 (+13.5%)	17,961 → 18,252 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$82,054 → $100,459 (+22.4%)	$61,963 → $80,109 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$339,600 → $430,500 (+26.8%)	$193,900 → $284,900 (+46.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,572 → $1,917 (+21.9%)	$1,271 → $1,571 (+23.6%)

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

San Carlos Park

Population

17,96118,252

Median household income

$61,963$80,109

Median home value

$193,900$284,900

Median gross rent

$1,271$1,571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Estero	San Carlos Park
Under 5	2.3%	7.0%
5 to 17	8.3%	15.8%
18 to 24	3.7%	10.3%
25 to 34	6.5%	14.8%
35 to 44	5.7%	14.9%
45 to 54	8.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	25.7%	9.2%
75 and over	25.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estero	San Carlos Park
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	60.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	29.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estero	San Carlos Park
No high school diploma	2.8%	10.0%
High school graduate	18.7%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estero	San Carlos Park
Drove alone	71.0%	73.3%
Carpooled	5.8%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	10.5%
Other means	1.8%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estero	San Carlos Park
1-unit, detached	44.1%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	0.9%
20 or more units	8.5%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Estero	San Carlos Park
Poverty rate	6.4%	9.9%
Average household size	2.03	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	2004	1988