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Lehigh Acres vs Fort Myers

Lehigh Acres, FL compared with Fort Myers, FL · 12 miles apart

Lehigh Acres has 132,353 residents to Fort Myers’s 101,581. Lehigh Acres comes out ahead on median household income, homeownership, price to income. Fort Myers does better on median rent, average commute, bachelor's degree +.

Lehigh Acres, FL Fort Myers, FL
Population 132,353 101,581
Density (per sq mi) 1,428 2,534
Median household income $66,890 $63,732
Median home value $292,400 $384,500
Median rent $1,657 $1,580
Homeownership 70% 49.1%
Average commute 38.2 min 25.2 min
Median age 34.3 41.3
Bachelor's degree + 14.3% 32%
Poverty rate 17.1% 16.3%
Unemployment 4.5% 4.2%
Price to income 4.4×

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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