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Fort Myers Beach town, Florida: commercial real estate data.
Fort Myers Beach town is a Census town of 5,513 people across 2.78 square miles of land, in Lee County. Median household income is $91,291, 88.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.5 m.
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Fort Myers Beach
What Fort Myers Beach is
- Census place typetown
- Land area2.78 sq mi
- Water area3.39 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,982
- County holding the largest share of its areaLee County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Myers Beach
How many people live in Fort Myers Beach
- Population5,513
- Median age66.3
- Population under 18204 plus or minus 69
- Share under 183.7 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Population 65 and over2,950
- Share 65 and over53.5 percent
- Households2,831
- Family households1,833
- Share of households that are families64.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Myers Beach
Income and work in Fort Myers Beach
- Median household income$91,291
- Per capita income$75,672
- Civilian labor force1,892
- Employed1,858
- Unemployed34 plus or minus 28
- Unemployment rate1.8 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over5,056
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher44.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree20.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Myers Beach
Housing in Fort Myers Beach
- Housing units9,886
- Occupied units2,831
- Vacant units7,055
- Vacancy rate71.4 percent
- Owner occupied2,512
- Renter occupied319 plus or minus 120
- Ownership rate88.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$642,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,836
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.1 percent
- Single family units3,327
- Share single family33.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more6,537
- Share in buildings of two or more66.1 percent
- Mobile homes22 plus or minus 37
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Myers Beach
How Fort Myers Beach gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,440 plus or minus 304
- Commuting under 15 minutes715 plus or minus 237
- Share commuting under 15 minutes49.7 percent plus or minus 12.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more350 plus or minus 134
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more24.3 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Drove alone66.7 percent
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.0 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Worked from home20.4 percent plus or minus 5.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Myers Beach
SBA loans in Fort Myers Beach (7(a))
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$2,533,000
- Average approval$506,600
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,750,000
- Largest approval$1,750,000
- Jobs supported149
- Jobs per approval29.8
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full1
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Fort Myers Beach
SBA loans in Fort Myers Beach (504)
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$7,495,000
- Average approval$1,070,714
- Median approval$548,000
- Largest approval$3,638,000
- Jobs supported64
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Fort Myers Beach
Flood risk in Fort Myers Beach
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 5
- NFIP community number120673
- Currently effective map date11/17/22
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Lee County, not Fort Myers Beach
Lee County context, not Fort Myers Beach figures
These are Lee County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fort Myers Beach measurements.
- Establishments in Lee County22,756
- Employment at those establishments, Lee County264,855
- Covered employment, Lee County299,283
- Average annual pay, Lee County$61,578
- Average weekly wage, Lee County$1,184
- Housing units permitted, Lee County15,411
- Of those, single family, Lee County10,554
- County product, 2024, Lee County$54,159,628,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lee County6.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lee County$152,292
Every figure in this section is published for Lee County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fort Myers Beach. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Fort Myers Beach questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fort Myers Beach, Florida?
5,513, in 2,831 households. Fort Myers Beach town covers 2.78 square miles of land, which is 1,982 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fort Myers Beach in?
Lee County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fort Myers Beach?
$91,291. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $642,400. Median gross rent is $1,836 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fort Myers Beach businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $2.5 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 7 504 approvals worth $7.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fort Myers Beach, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fort Myers Beach borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Fort Myers Beach. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Fort Myers Beach in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Fort Myers Beach appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 120673, carrying Community Rating System class 5, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Fort Myers Beach figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lee County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fort Myers Beach.
Is zoning published for Fort Myers Beach?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.