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Sanibel city, Florida: commercial real estate data.
Sanibel city is a Census city of 6,418 people across 16.18 square miles of land, in Lee County. Median household income is $108,644, 89.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.3 m.
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Sanibel
What Sanibel is
- Census place typecity
- Land area16.18 sq mi
- Water area17.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land397
- 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.
Sanibel
How many people live in Sanibel
- Population6,418
- Median age67.3
- Population under 18341 plus or minus 95
- Share under 185.3 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Population 65 and over3,522
- Share 65 and over54.9 percent
- Households3,170
- Family households2,334
- Share of households that are families73.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Sanibel
- Median household income$108,644 plus or minus $30,153
- Per capita income$112,881
- Civilian labor force2,088
- Employed1,969 plus or minus 412
- Unemployed119 plus or minus 56
- Unemployment rate5.7 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Adults 25 and over5,872
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher99.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher61.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree28.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Sanibel
- Housing units8,564
- Occupied units3,170
- Vacant units5,394
- Vacancy rate63.0 percent
- Owner occupied2,851
- Renter occupied319 plus or minus 231
- Ownership rate89.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$957,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$811
- Annual rent as a share of median income9.0 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Single family units4,850
- Share single family56.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3,387
- Share in buildings of two or more39.5 percent
- Mobile homes313 plus or minus 203
- Median year structure built1983
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sanibel
How Sanibel gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,343 plus or minus 375
- Commuting under 15 minutes543 plus or minus 267
- Share commuting under 15 minutes40.4 percent plus or minus 16.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more399 plus or minus 149
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more29.7 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Drove alone50.4 percent
- Carpooled8.0 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Public transport0.3 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Walked7.4 percent plus or minus 10.0
- Worked from home31.1 percent plus or minus 9.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sanibel
SBA loans in Sanibel (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$5,259,600
- Average approval$751,371
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,975,000
- Largest approval$2,975,000
- Jobs supported123
- Jobs per approval17.6
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full3
- Charged off2
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more14.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 5 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.
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SBA loans in Sanibel (504)
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$9,218,000
- Average approval$1,843,600
- Median approval$1,732,000
- Largest approval$3,144,000
- Jobs supported43
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Sanibel
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 5
- NFIP community number120402
- Currently effective map date11/17/22
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Lee County, not Sanibel
Lee County context, not Sanibel 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 Sanibel 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 Sanibel. 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
Sanibel questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sanibel, Florida?
6,418, in 3,170 households. Sanibel city covers 16.18 square miles of land, which is 397 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sanibel 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 Sanibel?
$108,644. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $957,300. Median gross rent is $811 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sanibel businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $5.3 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $9.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sanibel, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sanibel borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sanibel. only 5 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 Sanibel in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Sanibel appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 120402, 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 Sanibel 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 Sanibel.
Is zoning published for Sanibel?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.