Sanibel vs Tice

A side-by-side comparison of Sanibel and Tice: population, income, housing, and more.

Sanibel and Tice 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 5,377 in Tice). Sanibel has the higher median household income ($122,730 vs $54,833 in Tice). Sanibel has the higher median home value ($912,200 vs $185,900 in Tice).

Population, income & housing

	Sanibel	Tice
Population	6,402	5,377
Median age	68.2 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$122,730	$54,833
Median home value	$912,200	$185,900
Median gross rent	$747	$1,104
Housing units	8,525	1,796
Homeownership rate	91.6%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.6%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sanibel	Tice
Population	7,319 → 6,402 (-12.5%)	5,092 → 5,377 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$108,081 → $122,730 (+13.6%)	$37,302 → $54,833 (+47.0%)
Median home value	$721,200 → $912,200 (+26.5%)	$103,200 → $185,900 (+80.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,545 → $747 (-51.7%)	$863 → $1,104 (+27.9%)

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

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)

	Sanibel	Tice
Under 5	0.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	3.7%	24.0%
18 to 24	3.2%	12.1%
25 to 34	1.9%	12.9%
35 to 44	3.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	5.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	22.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	35.7%	4.6%
75 and over	23.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sanibel	Tice
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	19.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	70.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sanibel	Tice
No high school diploma	1.1%	39.6%
High school graduate	22.4%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	11.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.9%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.7%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sanibel	Tice
Drove alone	53.7%	52.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	32.2%
Public transit	0.3%	1.8%
Walked	7.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.9%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sanibel	Tice
1-unit, detached	55.2%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	25.5%
5 to 19 units	19.4%	0.4%
20 or more units	16.7%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Sanibel	Tice
Poverty rate	7.7%	20.4%
Average household size	1.93	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1983	1970