Lehigh Acres

Population & Demographics

Lehigh Acres, FL

Lehigh Acres is home to 132,353 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 52,161 resident workers commute each day.

FloridaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
132,353
people
Population

132,353 residents

Median age 34.3 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Lehigh Acres population & demographics

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

Population
132,353
Median age
34.3yrs
Median household income
$66,890
Median home value
$292,400
Median gross rent
$1,657/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
14.3%
Poverty rate
17.1%

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 Lehigh Acres

How Lehigh Acres 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).

Hispanic or Latino49.2%
White27.7%
Black17.5%
Two or more races3.2%
Some other race1.4%
Asian0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Lehigh Acres

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 Lehigh Acres.

Lehigh Acres at a glance
Employed Residents
52,161
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
14.2mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
8.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
11.4%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Fort Myers
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Lehigh Acres 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 Lehigh Acres 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.

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Commute Score

25 / 100

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

Lehigh Acres

52,161 commutes, one dot at a time

Lehigh Acres

Where 52,161 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Lehigh Acres, by worker count.

1Fort Myers12.9 mi9,489
2Lehigh Acres0.0 mi4,528
3Cape Coral21.5 mi2,397
4Villas14.7 mi1,491
5Bonita Springs19.7 mi1,346
6Estero15.9 mi935
7North Fort Myers16.5 mi713
8Tampa107.0 mi619

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Lehigh Acres.

1Lehigh Acres0.0 mi4,528
2Cape Coral21.5 mi807
3Fort Myers12.9 mi702
4North Fort Myers16.5 mi230
5Bonita Springs19.7 mi154
6Immokalee18.0 mi153
7Gateway7.1 mi131
8Port Charlotte39.6 mi106

Top industries

The sectors that employ Lehigh Acres’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%)
COConstruction33.0%
RTRetail Trade16.9%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance15.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.1%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services3.8%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.0%
MFManufacturing2.1%
PAPublic Administration2.0%
Connectivity

Internet options for Lehigh Acres

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

5 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps34%
8 Gbps25%
See all internet providers in Lehigh Acres

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