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Fort Myers, FL real estate and demographic information

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Fort Myers zip codes33901, 33916, 33913, 33905, 33912, 33907, 33971, 33919, 33908, 33903

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POPULATION
48,046

Fort Myers, FL Information

FORT MYERS INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 48,046
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 21,837
FORT MYERS HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 34.73%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 53.02%
% VACANT 12.25%
TYPE OF FORT MYERS HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 35.86%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 2.41%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 11.02%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 46.56%
MOBILE HOMES 3.97%
OTHER 0.18%
SIZE OF FORT MYERS HOMES
NO BEDROOM 4.55%
1 BEDROOM 25.28%
2 BEDROOMS 40.72%
3 BEDROOMS 21.83%
4 BEDROOMS 6.54%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 1.08%
AGE OF HOMES
NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) 7.00%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) 51.80%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 35.95%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 5.25%


FORT MYERS REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $159,700
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $984
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0-$111,000 25.76%
$111,001-$223,000 45.93%
$223,001-$446,000 17.76%
$446,001-$668,000 5.57%
$668,001-$891,000 2.49%
$891,001-$1,114,000 1.04%
$1,114,001-$1,671,000 0.61%
$1,671,001-$2,228,000 0.21%
> $2,228,000 0.63%


PEOPLE OF Fort Myers DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 7.77%
5 TO 17 18.21%
18 TO 24 11.84%
25 TO 34 15.14%
35 TO 54 25.82%
55 TO 64 7.09%
65 YEARS AND OVER 14.14%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 70.74%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 18.27%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $28,514
PER CAPITA INCOME $17,312
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 21.77%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Retail (15.58%), Healthcare (12.64%), Construction (11.32%), Accomodation (10.20%), Education (6.31%), Administration (6.19%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (5.80%), Other (4.97%), Manufacturing (4.44%), Public Service (4.00%), Information Technology (3.58%), Finance (2.90%), Wholesale (2.89%), Real Estate (2.84%), Arts (2.78%), Transportation (2.09%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 3.81%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 55.93%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 33.57%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.86%
ASIAN 1.15%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.11%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 5.30%
TWO OR MORE RACES 3.07%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 14.23%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT Other Groups (36.04%), Unclassified (19.32%), German (7.33%), United States or American (6.39%), English (5.79%), Irish (5.03%), Haitian (4.58%), Italian (2.99%)
FOREIGN BORN 13.38%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (72.77%) , Spanish (11.86%) , French Creole (3.16%)
About Fort Myers

Fort Myers is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 48,046 people and 30 constituent neighborhoods, Fort Myers is the 49th largest community in Florida.

Fort Myers is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Myers is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Myers who work in sales jobs (14.86%), office and administrative support jobs (12.62%), and building maintenance and grounds keeping (7.87%).

One of the nice things about Fort Myers is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Fort Myers has quite a few people who use public transportation to get to work each day, primarily riding the bus.

Fort Myers Information and Demographics

The population of Fort Myers overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Fort Myers, 18.27% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Fort Myers in 2000 was $17,312, which is middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $69,248 for a family of four.

Fort Myers is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fort Myers home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Fort Myers is White, followed by African-American. Fort Myers also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.23% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Myers include German, English, Irish, Haitian, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Fort Myers is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.

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