What is the population of Fort Myers city?

Fort Myers city has 91,730 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #32 of 955 in Florida.

What is the median household income in Fort Myers city?

Median household income in Fort Myers city is $62,160 a year, 20.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fort Myers city?

Median gross rent is $1,442 a month and the median home value is $351,600, so rent absorbs about 27.8% of median household income.

Is Fort Myers city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fort Myers city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Fort Myers, FL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fort Myers, Florida (Fort Myers, FL — Census place “Fort Myers city”) is 91,730 residents, ranking #32 of 955 places in Florida. Median household income is $62,160, the median home is worth $351,600 and median gross rent runs $1,442 a month. Looking for the Fort Myers Florida ZIP code list? 5 ZIP codes serve Fort Myers, FL: 33901, 33905, 33907, 33916, 33966.

Population: 91,730Fort Myers city residents
Median household income: $62,160Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $351,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,442Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 49.4%Owner-occupied households

Fort Myers ZIP codes (Florida)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fort Myers.

The Fort Myers FL ZIP code list below covers 5 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Fort Myers city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Fort Myers city median would spend about 27.8% 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 5.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.8% of residents and 49.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Fort Myers city, FL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fort Myers city is a small city in Florida, with 91,730 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #32 of 955 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 40.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Fort Myers city earn a median of $62,160 a year, 20.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 9% below the $68,617 median for the 775 Florida cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 16.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fort Myers city is valued at $351,600, 15.9% above the national figure and 15% above the $305,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,442 a month, 2.6% above the national figure, or roughly $17,304 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 49.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Fort Myers city?: Fort Myers city has 91,730 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #32 of 955 in Florida.
What is the median household income in Fort Myers city?: Median household income in Fort Myers city is $62,160 a year, 20.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fort Myers city?: Median gross rent is $1,442 a month and the median home value is $351,600, so rent absorbs about 27.8% of median household income.
Is Fort Myers city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fort Myers city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Fort Myers city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.