Fort Myers Beach vs Fort Myers Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Myers Beach and Fort Myers Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Myers Beach and Fort Myers Shores are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Myers Shores has the higher population (5,966 vs 5,548 in Fort Myers Beach). Fort Myers Beach has the higher median household income ($90,833 vs $66,150 in Fort Myers Shores). Fort Myers Beach has the higher median home value ($611,600 vs $256,600 in Fort Myers Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Myers Beach	Fort Myers Shores
Population	5,548	5,966
Median age	66.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,833	$66,150
Median home value	$611,600	$256,600
Median gross rent	$1,693	$1,435
Housing units	9,773	2,495
Homeownership rate	89.9%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Myers Beach	Fort Myers Shores
Population	7,048 → 5,548 (-21.3%)	6,813 → 5,966 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$74,357 → $90,833 (+22.2%)	$46,969 → $66,150 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$448,100 → $611,600 (+36.5%)	$163,400 → $256,600 (+57.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,155 → $1,693 (+46.6%)	$1,030 → $1,435 (+39.3%)

Fort Myers Beach

Population

7,0485,548

Median household income

$74,357$90,833

Median home value

$448,100$611,600

Median gross rent

$1,155$1,693

Fort Myers Shores

Population

6,8135,966

Median household income

$46,969$66,150

Median home value

$163,400$256,600

Median gross rent

$1,030$1,435

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Myers Beach	Fort Myers Shores
Under 5	2.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	2.1%	19.1%
18 to 24	4.2%	9.9%
25 to 34	3.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	4.4%	16.3%
45 to 54	5.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	23.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	28.5%	7.7%
75 and over	26.6%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Myers Beach	Fort Myers Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	63.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	30.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Myers Beach	Fort Myers Shores
No high school diploma	3.7%	19.9%
High school graduate	24.3%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Myers Beach	Fort Myers Shores
Drove alone	63.7%	79.3%
Carpooled	4.3%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	11.7%
Other means	3.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Myers Beach	Fort Myers Shores
1-unit, detached	31.2%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	50.6%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Myers Beach	Fort Myers Shores
Poverty rate	7.5%	13.8%
Average household size	1.92	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1982	1978