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Cape Coral vs Lehigh Acres

Cape Coral, FL compared with Lehigh Acres, FL · 22 miles apart

Cape Coral has 236,264 residents to Lehigh Acres’s 132,353. Cape Coral comes out ahead on median household income, homeownership, average commute. Lehigh Acres does better on median rent, price to income.

Cape Coral, FL Lehigh Acres, FL
Population 236,264 132,353
Density (per sq mi) 2,223 1,428
Median household income $78,104 $66,890
Median home value $373,500 $292,400
Median rent $1,858 $1,657
Homeownership 77.2% 70%
Average commute 29.9 min 38.2 min
Median age 48.6 34.3
Bachelor's degree + 26.9% 14.3%
Poverty rate 10.7% 17.1%
Unemployment 3.8% 4.5%
Price to income 4.8× 4.4×
Clear days a year 24
Days above 90°F 71

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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