Lee County, Florida

Lee County has a population of 817,666 and has grown 15.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $362,200, about 4.8 times the county's median household income of $76,107.

Home price
$362,200
Income
$76,107
Population
817,666
Unemployment
4.0%

Housing

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

Median home price$362,200county
Median gross rent$1,712county
Median year homes here were built1997county
Share of homes built before 198019.7%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile9.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant25.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented25.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use18.0%county
Typical monthly rent$1,874county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,961county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,638county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,560county
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$76,107county
Family health premium / yr$24,807(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,021(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.878(statewide)
Poverty rate12.0%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 home15.4%county
Unemployment rate4.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force53.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.6%county
Share of workers employed by government10.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry20.0%county
Economic output per resident$66,237county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.79%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 time29.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service6.6 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport5425293county
Miles to nearest general aviation field1.0 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station69 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.0%county
Traffic deaths41.1county
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 higher31.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.3%county
Public schools in the county114county
Public school enrollment101710county
Students per full-time teacher20.6county
Free lunch eligible48.0%county
Elementary schools60county
Middle schools18county
High schools26county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public80.0%county
Two-year institutions3county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians67county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county5county
Hospitals here with an emergency department4county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter7.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance12.9%county
Frequent mental distress15.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.6%county
Diagnosed diabetes14.0%county

Place

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

Population817,666county
Land area in square miles781county
People per square mile of land1047.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores132county
Convenience stores82county
Share living far from a food store42.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract18.7%county
Population change since 2020+15.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents7county
Median age49.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1817.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over28.9%county
Share of households that are one person28.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States18.9%county
Second languages25.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls41.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents63county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents10county
Households that moved in27,809county
Households that moved away25,700county
Average income of arriving households$123,695county
Average income of departing households$84,971county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes31county
Housing units authorised in the latest year13,547county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings26.5%county
Violent crime rate267(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature75.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation38.4 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.12 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F136 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing0 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 10bcounty
Frost-free days310 days(statewide)
Average last spring frostJan 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 electricity93.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas2.7%county
Homes heated by propane0.6%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.0%county
Households with broadband92.1%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk97.3county
Coastal flood risk97.4county
Drought risk52.3county
Landslide risk48.4county
Hail risk24.3county
Earthquake risk33.9county
Tornado risk87.5county
Tropical cyclone risk99.9county
Extreme heat risk93.2county
Winter weather risk0.0county
Strong wind risk64.9county
Wildfire risk96.6county

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 teams1county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here1county

Figures marked county are measured for Lee 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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