Florida · Census place 10275
Cape Coral city, FL
Quick answer
Cape Coral city has 206,387 residents, ranking #8 of 955 places in Florida. Median household income is $76,062, the median home is worth $339,200 and median gross rent runs $1,751 a month.
- Population
- 206,387Cape Coral city residents
- Median household income
- $76,062Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $339,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,751Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 48.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 77.7%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Cape Coral city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Cape Coral city median would spend about 27.6% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.8% of residents and 77.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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