Fort Myers Beach vs Tice

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

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

Fort Myers Beach has the higher population (5,548 vs 5,377 in Tice). Fort Myers Beach has the higher median household income ($90,833 vs $54,833 in Tice). Fort Myers Beach has the higher median home value ($611,600 vs $185,900 in Tice).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Myers Beach	Tice
Population	5,548	5,377
Median age	66.5 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,833	$54,833
Median home value	$611,600	$185,900
Median gross rent	$1,693	$1,104
Housing units	9,773	1,796
Homeownership rate	89.9%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Myers Beach	Tice
Population	7,048 → 5,548 (-21.3%)	5,092 → 5,377 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$74,357 → $90,833 (+22.2%)	$37,302 → $54,833 (+47.0%)
Median home value	$448,100 → $611,600 (+36.5%)	$103,200 → $185,900 (+80.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,155 → $1,693 (+46.6%)	$863 → $1,104 (+27.9%)

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

Tice

Population

5,0925,377

Median household income

$37,302$54,833

Median home value

$103,200$185,900

Median gross rent

$863$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Myers Beach	Tice
Under 5	2.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	2.1%	24.0%
18 to 24	4.2%	12.1%
25 to 34	3.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	4.4%	15.6%
45 to 54	5.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	23.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	28.5%	4.6%
75 and over	26.6%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Myers Beach	Tice
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	19.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	70.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Myers Beach	Tice
No high school diploma	3.7%	39.6%
High school graduate	24.3%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Myers Beach	Tice
Drove alone	63.7%	52.7%
Carpooled	4.3%	32.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	3.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	6.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.0%	5.1%
Other means	3.3%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Myers Beach	Tice
1-unit, detached	31.2%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	25.5%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.4%
20 or more units	50.6%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Myers Beach	Tice
Poverty rate	7.5%	20.4%
Average household size	1.92	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1982	1970