Collier County, Florida

Collier County has a population of 398,291 and has grown 11.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $540,700, about 6.0 times the county's median household income of $90,045.

Home price
$540,700
Income
$90,045
Population
398,291
Unemployment
3.9%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$540,700county
Median gross rent$1,862county
Median year homes here were built1996county
Share of homes built before 198016.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant30.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented23.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use24.9%county
Typical monthly rent$2,675county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,986county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,797county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,581county
Home insurance / yr$7,136(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living102.2(statewide)
Median household income$90,045county
Family health premium / yr$24,807(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,021(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.878(statewide)
Poverty rate10.7%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home16.4%county
Unemployment rate3.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force51.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed8.3%county
Share of workers employed by government8.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry17.4%county
Economic output per resident$90,579county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.63%county
Top state income tax0.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax0.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.98%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time26.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service23 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport5425293county
Miles to nearest general aviation field6.2 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here5county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station90 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.6%county
Traffic deaths47.7county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher40.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.0%county
Public schools in the county68county
Public school enrollment48152county
Students per full-time teacher17.4county
Free lunch eligible47.8%county
Elementary schools37county
Middle schools11county
High schools11county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public66.7%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution4.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians82county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter7.6 µgcounty
Without health insurance11.3%county
Frequent mental distress14.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity25.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.5%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population398,291county
Land area in square miles1,997county
People per square mile of land199.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores69county
Convenience stores46county
Share living far from a food store43.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract13.7%county
Population change since 2020+11.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents8county
Median age53.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1816.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over33.8%county
Share of households that are one person27.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States24.6%county
Second languages32.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls61.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents63county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-6county
Households that moved in13,744county
Households that moved away13,058county
Average income of arriving households$283,468county
Average income of departing households$126,379county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes11county
Housing units authorised in the latest year2,736county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings28.9%county
Violent crime rate267(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature76.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation43.4 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.05 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F147 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing0 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 9bcounty
Frost-free days322 dayscounty
Average last spring frostJan 25county
Average first fall frostDec 13county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$157county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh13.6¢county
Household electricity use1,153 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$27.11(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity91.1%county
Homes heated by utility gas4.2%county
Homes heated by propane1.0%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.0%county
Households with broadband92.5%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk98.3county
Coastal flood risk95.2county
Drought risk65.0county
Landslide risk69.6county
Hail risk19.9county
Earthquake risk38.6county
Tornado risk76.4county
Tropical cyclone risk99.7county
Extreme heat risk93.7county
Winter weather risk0.0county
Strong wind risk51.7county
Wildfire risk96.4county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Collier County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Florida figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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