Estero vs Villas

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

Estero and Villas 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 13,578 in Villas). Estero has the higher median household income ($100,459 vs $55,641 in Villas). Estero has the higher median home value ($430,500 vs $232,800 in Villas).

Population, income & housing

	Estero	Villas
Population	37,258	13,578
Median age	65.4 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$100,459	$55,641
Median home value	$430,500	$232,800
Median gross rent	$1,917	$1,577
Housing units	26,916	9,047
Homeownership rate	84.2%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.7%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Estero	Villas
Population	32,815 → 37,258 (+13.5%)	13,072 → 13,578 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$82,054 → $100,459 (+22.4%)	$53,500 → $55,641 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$339,600 → $430,500 (+26.8%)	$162,400 → $232,800 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,572 → $1,917 (+21.9%)	$1,254 → $1,577 (+25.8%)

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

Villas

Population

13,07213,578

Median household income

$53,500$55,641

Median home value

$162,400$232,800

Median gross rent

$1,254$1,577

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Estero	Villas
Under 5	2.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	8.3%	7.1%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	6.5%	15.9%
35 to 44	5.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.4%
65 to 74	25.7%	14.5%
75 and over	25.0%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Estero	Villas
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	69.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	17.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Estero	Villas
No high school diploma	2.8%	5.8%
High school graduate	18.7%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Estero	Villas
Drove alone	71.0%	71.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	2.9%
Worked from home	19.8%	14.0%
Other means	1.8%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Estero	Villas
1-unit, detached	44.1%	22.2%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	11.5%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	30.2%
20 or more units	8.5%	17.5%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Estero	Villas
Poverty rate	6.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.03	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	2004	1984