Fort Myers vs Lehigh Acres

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

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

Lehigh Acres has the higher population (127,391 vs 91,730 in Fort Myers). Lehigh Acres has the higher median household income ($62,330 vs $62,160 in Fort Myers). Fort Myers has the higher median home value ($351,600 vs $263,200 in Lehigh Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Myers	Lehigh Acres
Population	91,730	127,391
Median age	40.3 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,160	$62,330
Median home value	$351,600	$263,200
Median gross rent	$1,442	$1,496
Housing units	47,068	41,224
Homeownership rate	49.4%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Myers	Lehigh Acres
Population	79,927 → 91,730 (+14.8%)	123,378 → 127,391 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$46,409 → $62,160 (+33.9%)	$48,483 → $62,330 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$238,700 → $351,600 (+47.3%)	$158,900 → $263,200 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,033 → $1,442 (+39.6%)	$1,094 → $1,496 (+36.7%)

Fort Myers

Population

79,92791,730

Median household income

$46,409$62,160

Median home value

$238,700$351,600

Median gross rent

$1,033$1,442

Lehigh Acres

Population

123,378127,391

Median household income

$48,483$62,330

Median home value

$158,900$263,200

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Myers	Lehigh Acres
Under 5	6.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.3%	21.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	9.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	7.5%
75 and over	9.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Myers	Lehigh Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	46.9%	31.0%
Black or African American	21.7%	17.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	24.0%	45.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Myers	Lehigh Acres
No high school diploma	14.2%	17.9%
High school graduate	28.1%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Myers	Lehigh Acres
Drove alone	69.5%	75.0%
Carpooled	12.3%	12.0%
Public transit	1.3%	0.6%
Walked	1.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.9%	9.8%
Other means	1.8%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Myers	Lehigh Acres
1-unit, detached	36.4%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	1.9%
20 or more units	23.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Myers	Lehigh Acres
Poverty rate	16.8%	17.2%
Average household size	2.43	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	25	37
Median year structure built	2001	2002