Fort Myers Shores vs Lochmoor Waterway Estates

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

Fort Myers Shores and Lochmoor Waterway Estates 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 5,791 in Lochmoor Waterway Estates). Lochmoor Waterway Estates has the higher median household income ($87,606 vs $66,150 in Fort Myers Shores). Lochmoor Waterway Estates has the higher median home value ($335,600 vs $256,600 in Fort Myers Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Myers Shores	Lochmoor Waterway Estates
Population	5,966	5,791
Median age	39.5 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,150	$87,606
Median home value	$256,600	$335,600
Median gross rent	$1,435	$1,898
Housing units	2,495	3,021
Homeownership rate	58.5%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Myers Shores	Lochmoor Waterway Estates
Population	6,813 → 5,966 (-12.4%)	4,163 → 5,791 (+39.1%)
Median household income	$46,969 → $66,150 (+40.8%)	$61,713 → $87,606 (+42.0%)
Median home value	$163,400 → $256,600 (+57.0%)	$205,800 → $335,600 (+63.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,030 → $1,435 (+39.3%)	$1,119 → $1,898 (+69.6%)

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

Lochmoor Waterway Estates

Population

4,1635,791

Median household income

$61,713$87,606

Median home value

$205,800$335,600

Median gross rent

$1,119$1,898

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Myers Shores	Lochmoor Waterway Estates
Under 5	2.7%	2.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	4.8%
35 to 44	16.3%	10.1%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	18.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	15.8%
75 and over	8.8%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Myers Shores	Lochmoor Waterway Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	82.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Myers Shores	Lochmoor Waterway Estates
No high school diploma	19.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	36.9%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Myers Shores	Lochmoor Waterway Estates
Drove alone	79.3%	68.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	15.5%
Other means	1.9%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Myers Shores	Lochmoor Waterway Estates
1-unit, detached	82.4%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.2%
20 or more units	4.2%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Myers Shores	Lochmoor Waterway Estates
Poverty rate	13.8%	6.5%
Average household size	2.70	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1978	1987