Florida · Census place 24150
Fort Myers Beach town, FL
Quick answer
Fort Myers Beach town has 5,548 residents, ranking #448 of 955 places in Florida. Median household income is $90,833, the median home is worth $611,600 and median gross rent runs $1,693 a month.
- Population
- 5,548Fort Myers Beach town residents
- Median household income
- $90,833Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $611,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,693Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 66.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 89.9%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Fort Myers Beach town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Fort Myers Beach town median would spend about 22.4% 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 6.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.5% of residents and 89.9% 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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