Fort Myers Shores vs Tice

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

Fort Myers Shores 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 Shores has the higher population (5,966 vs 5,377 in Tice). Fort Myers Shores has the higher median household income ($66,150 vs $54,833 in Tice). Fort Myers Shores has the higher median home value ($256,600 vs $185,900 in Tice).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Myers Shores	Tice
Population	5,966	5,377
Median age	39.5 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,150	$54,833
Median home value	$256,600	$185,900
Median gross rent	$1,435	$1,104
Housing units	2,495	1,796
Homeownership rate	58.5%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Myers Shores	Tice
Population	6,813 → 5,966 (-12.4%)	5,092 → 5,377 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$46,969 → $66,150 (+40.8%)	$37,302 → $54,833 (+47.0%)
Median home value	$163,400 → $256,600 (+57.0%)	$103,200 → $185,900 (+80.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,030 → $1,435 (+39.3%)	$863 → $1,104 (+27.9%)

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

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 Shores	Tice
Under 5	2.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	19.1%	24.0%
18 to 24	9.9%	12.1%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	16.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	4.6%
75 and over	8.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Myers Shores	Tice
White (non-Hispanic)	63.0%	19.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	70.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Myers Shores	Tice
No high school diploma	19.9%	39.6%
High school graduate	36.9%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Myers Shores	Tice
Drove alone	79.3%	52.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	32.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	5.1%
Other means	1.9%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Myers Shores	Tice
1-unit, detached	82.4%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	25.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	4.2%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Myers Shores	Tice
Poverty rate	13.8%	20.4%
Average household size	2.70	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1978	1970