Lochmoor Waterway Estates vs Sanibel

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

Lochmoor Waterway Estates and Sanibel are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sanibel has the higher population (6,402 vs 5,791 in Lochmoor Waterway Estates). Sanibel has the higher median household income ($122,730 vs $87,606 in Lochmoor Waterway Estates). Sanibel has the higher median home value ($912,200 vs $335,600 in Lochmoor Waterway Estates).

Population, income & housing

	Lochmoor Waterway Estates	Sanibel
Population	5,791	6,402
Median age	55.4 yrs	68.2 yrs
Median household income	$87,606	$122,730
Median home value	$335,600	$912,200
Median gross rent	$1,898	$747
Housing units	3,021	8,525
Homeownership rate	87.7%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	61.6%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lochmoor Waterway Estates	Sanibel
Population	4,163 → 5,791 (+39.1%)	7,319 → 6,402 (-12.5%)
Median household income	$61,713 → $87,606 (+42.0%)	$108,081 → $122,730 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$205,800 → $335,600 (+63.1%)	$721,200 → $912,200 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,119 → $1,898 (+69.6%)	$1,545 → $747 (-51.7%)

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

Sanibel

Population

7,3196,402

Median household income

$108,081$122,730

Median home value

$721,200$912,200

Median gross rent

$1,545$747

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lochmoor Waterway Estates	Sanibel
Under 5	2.4%	0.4%
5 to 17	13.0%	3.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	3.2%
25 to 34	4.8%	1.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	3.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	5.3%
55 to 64	18.0%	22.8%
65 to 74	15.8%	35.7%
75 and over	16.7%	23.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lochmoor Waterway Estates	Sanibel
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	95.1%
Black or African American	5.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lochmoor Waterway Estates	Sanibel
No high school diploma	5.5%	1.1%
High school graduate	24.0%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	14.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	27.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lochmoor Waterway Estates	Sanibel
Drove alone	68.3%	53.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	15.5%	29.9%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lochmoor Waterway Estates	Sanibel
1-unit, detached	69.0%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	18.2%	19.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	16.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Lochmoor Waterway Estates	Sanibel
Poverty rate	6.5%	7.7%
Average household size	2.27	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1987	1983