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Cape Coral, FL

Lee County

City in Lee County, Florida, United States.

Population
233,025 (2024)
Density
2,193 / sq mi
Land area
106.3 sq mi
Water area
13.4 sq mi
Elevation
7 ft
Founded
1957
Coordinates
26.6432, -81.9974

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Photos of Cape Coral

  • Florida-211

    Hans Stieglitz · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Florida-188

    Hans Stieglitz · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Bald Eagle with nestling

    Hans Stieglitz · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Athene cunicularia-001

    Hans Stieglitz · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • Pelican, Cape Coral, United States (Unsplash)

    Ray Hennessy rayhennessy · CC0

  • Alert Owl (Unsplash)

    Ray Hennessy rayhennessy · CC0

  • Eric P. Feichthaler

    Capecoraler · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • AdonidiamerrilliiFloridaPlanted

    CoolGuySlate · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Climate

July average high
92°F
January average low
54°F
Annual rainfall
57.4 in
Annual snowfall
0.0 in
  1. 75° 54° Jan 2.4"
  2. 78° 57° Feb 1.8"
  3. 81° 60° Mar 2.1"
  4. 85° 64° Apr 2.4"
  5. 90° 69° May 3.5"
  6. 91° 74° Jun 9.7"
  7. 92° 75° Jul 9.4"
  8. 92° 75° Aug 10.4"
  9. 90° 74° Sep 9.0"
  10. 87° 69° Oct 3.1"
  11. 81° 62° Nov 1.8"
  12. 77° 57° Dec 1.9"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Ft Myers Page Fld Ap (15 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Cape Coral ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$76,062
Median rent
$1,751 / mo
Median home value
$339,200
Median age
48.7
Unemployment
4.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher
25.7%
Poverty rate
9.8%
Renter-occupied homes
22.3%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
27
Students enrolled
25,973
Students per teacher
19.9 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
45.8%
Charter schools
25.9%
School districts serving the city
1

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Districts: Lee

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
30.4%
No leisure-time physical activity
23.5%
Adults with diabetes
10.2%
Adults who smoke
12.7%
Frequent mental distress
17.4%
Sleeping under 7 hours
35.9%
Adults without health insurance
15.8%
Routine checkup in past year
75.4%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
15.8%
Share of city that is parkland
12.2%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
8.7
Median air quality index (county)
40
Unhealthy air days (county)
0

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
92.3%
Households with no internet
5.1%
Average commute
29.1 min
Work from home
13.1%
Commute by transit
0.3%
Commute on foot
1.0%
Commute by bike
0.1%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Lee County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 19 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Hurricane: very high
  • Lightning: very high
  • Coastal flooding: very high
  • Riverine flooding: relatively high

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 33904
  • 33909
  • 33914
  • 33990
  • 33991
  • 33993