Fort Myers

Population & Demographics

Fort Myers, FL

Fort Myers is home to 95,051 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 37,087 resident workers commute each day.

FloridaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
95,051
people
Population

95,051 residents

Median age 41.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Fort Myers population & demographics

Who lives in Fort Myers — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
95,051
Median age
41.3yrs
Median household income
$63,732
Median home value
$384,500
Median gross rent
$1,580/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
32.0%
Poverty rate
16.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Fort Myers

How Fort Myers breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White45.2%
Hispanic or Latino24.8%
Black21.9%
Two or more races4.9%
Asian2.0%
Some other race1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Fort Myers

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Fort Myers.

Fort Myers at a glance
Employed Residents
37,087
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
8.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
24.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
13.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Cape Coral
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Fort Myers proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Fort Myers commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

56
Commute Score

56 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Fort Myers

37,087 commutes, one dot at a time

Fort Myers

Where 37,087 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Fort Myers, by worker count.

1Fort Myers0.0 mi9,157
2Cape Coral8.6 mi2,233
3Villas5.1 mi1,278
4Estero13.8 mi752
5Lehigh Acres12.9 mi702
6Bonita Springs19.3 mi702
7North Fort Myers6.0 mi622
8Tampa100.3 mi497

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Fort Myers.

1Cape Coral8.6 mi15,749
2Lehigh Acres12.9 mi9,489
3Fort Myers0.0 mi9,157
4North Fort Myers6.0 mi2,891
5Gateway6.8 mi1,042
6Bonita Springs19.3 mi1,002
7San Carlos Park10.4 mi997
8Villas5.1 mi995

Top industries

The sectors that employ Fort Myers’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance21.6%
EDEducational Services14.9%
COConstruction10.7%
RTRetail Trade9.7%
PAPublic Administration8.1%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services5.7%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.8%
WSWholesale Trade3.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Fort Myers

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps93%
5 Gbps78%
8 Gbps78%
See all internet providers in Fort Myers

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