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North Fort Myers, FL
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Living in North Fort Myers



North Fort Myers is a medium-sized coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 42,719 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, North Fort Myers is the 82nd largest community in Florida.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.86% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, North Fort Myers has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes North Fort Myers a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

North Fort Myers is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

Even though North Fort Myers is not a small town, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

In terms of college education, North Fort Myers is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.11% of adults 25 and older in North Fort Myers have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in North Fort Myers in 2018 was $35,992, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,968 for a family of four. However, North Fort Myers contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

North Fort Myers is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call North Fort Myers home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of North Fort Myers residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. North 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 10.49% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in North Fort Myers include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in North Fort Myers is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.