Cities / Florida / Cape Coral

Cape Coral, FL

215,536 people

Right Now

Weather

89.6°F

Partly Cloudy

Today: Scattered Showers And Thunderstorms, high 93°F

Air Quality (OZONE, Fort Myers)

Good

Nearest reporting area, 12.4 mi away. Preliminary and may be revised. Source: EPA AirNow.

Active Weather Alerts

Nearest Major Airport

RSW

12 mi — Southwest Florida International Airport

Population & People

Population

215,536

Median age

48.6

Median household income

$78,104

Poverty rate

10.7%

Unemployment rate

3.8%

Bachelor's degree+

26.9%

Avg. commute

25 min

Hispanic or Latino

26.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

Housing & Rent

Median home value

$373,500

Median gross rent

$1,858/mo

Homeownership rate

77.23%

HUD FMR — 2 bedroom

$1,961

HUD Fair Market Rent (Lee County, 8 mi from Cape Coral), 2026. Efficiency $1629, 1BR $1638, 2BR $1961, 3BR $2560, 4BR $2836. This is a different official figure from Census median gross rent above.

Energy

Florida gasoline midgrade

$4.25

Florida commercial electricity

11.47¢/kWh

Florida industrial electricity

8.84¢/kWh

Florida residential electricity

15.24¢/kWh

Economy

Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total

1834641.4

Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total

1393837.1

All-Transactions House Price Index for Florida

827.88

Unemployment Rate

4.7%

Source: FRED, Florida-specific series.

Nearby Airports

RSW

Southwest Florida International Airport

12 mi away

SRQ

Sarasota Bradenton International Airport

68 mi away

PIE

St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport

104 mi away

Sources & Data: National Weather Service (weather, alerts), EPA AirNow (air quality), U.S. Census Bureau (population, housing), HUD (Fair Market Rent), U.S. Energy Information Administration (Florida energy prices), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (Florida economic indicators), OurAirports (airport directory).