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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in Fort Myers Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 114 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 7, 2026
Education & commute · Fort Myers Beach Lee County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 44.7% −0.4 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 114 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +6.6 pp
vs Lee County +13.5 pp Lee County: 31.2% · 2024
Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · Fort Myers Beach · Lee County · Florida · United States
+6.6 pp since 2014
Fort Myers Beach Lee County Florida United States

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Bachelor's degree or higher · percent
Fort Myers Beach
44.7%
Lee County
31.2%
Florida
34.1%
United States
35.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates

The series at a glance Fort Myers Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 44.7% · 2024
First value 37.4% · 2013
Highest 45.0% · 2023
Lowest 36.6% · 2017
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearFort Myers BeachChange Lee CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 44.7% −0.4 pp 31.2% 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 45.0% +0.4 pp 30.8% 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 44.6% +2.8 pp 30.1% 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 41.8% −1.1 pp 29.0% 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 42.9% +1.2 pp 28.5% 30.5% —
2019estimate 41.7% +3.0 pp 28.2% 29.9% —
2018estimate 38.7% +2.2 pp 27.8% 29.2% —
2017estimate 36.6% −1.8 pp 27.2% 28.5% —
2016estimate 38.3% +0.0 pp 26.7% 27.9% —
2015estimate 38.3% +0.2 pp 26.0% 27.3% —
2014estimate 38.1% +0.7 pp 25.3% 26.8% —
2013estimate 37.4% 24.7% 26.4% —

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2021 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryBachelor's degree or higher
236 Alva 27.6%
33 Anna Maria 59.4%
232 Apalachicola 27.8%
105 Apollo Beach 43.9%
48 Atlantic Beach 54.9%
13 Atlantis 66.4%
138 Ave Maria 38.9%
59 Aventura 52.5%
252 Bagdad 25.3%
26 Bal Harbour 60.2%
370 Baldwin 9.8%
51 Bay Harbor Islands 53.8%
183 Bay Pines 32.5%
332 Bayonet Point 15.5%
298 Bayshore Gardens 19.7%
345 Bell 14.2%
366 Belle Glade 10.7%
23 Belleair 61.2%
32 Belleair Beach 59.5%
153 Belleair Bluffs 37.1%
304 Bellview 19.2%
375 Beverly Hills 8.9%
227 Big Pine Key 28.5%
67 Biscayne Park 50.5%
107 Bloomingdale 43.3%
…
354 Fort Denaud 12.8%
135 Fort Lauderdale 39.3%
205 Fort Myers 30.2%
115 Fort Myers Beach 41.8%
316 Fort Pierce 17.6%
235 Fort Walton Beach 27.6%
182 Freeport 33.0%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2021

What it means

The share of adults with at least a bachelor's degree.

How it is calculated

Adults 25 and over with a bachelor's, master's, professional or doctoral degree, from the survey.