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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Average commute in Fort Myers Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 351 of 385 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 4, 2026

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

Average commute, 2013 – 2024 minutes · Fort Myers Beach · Lee County · Florida · United States
−5.9 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 Average commute · minutes
Fort Myers Beach
20.7
Lee County
29.4
Florida
28.0

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

The series at a glance Fort Myers Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 20.7 · 2024
First value 24.3 · 2013
Highest 27.2 · 2019
Lowest 19.6 · 2021
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearFort Myers BeachChange Lee CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 20.7 +0.2 29.4 28.0 26.4
2023estimate 20.4 +0.6 28.4 28.0 26.6
2022estimate 19.8 +0.2 27.9 27.9 26.7
2021estimate 19.6 −2.4 27.8 27.9 26.8
2020estimate 22.0 −5.2 27.6 27.9 —
2019estimate 27.2 +1.7 27.5 27.8 —
2018estimate 25.6 +0.5 27.3 27.4 —
2017estimate 25.0 −1.5 27.2 27.0 —
2016estimate 26.5 +0.0 27.3 26.7 —
2015estimate 26.5 −0.0 27.4 26.4 —
2014estimate 26.5 +2.2 27.2 26.1 —
2013estimate 24.3 26.9 25.9 —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryAverage commute
381 Marathon 12.6
380 Key West 12.7
379 Duck Key 12.7
378 Eglin AFB 13.0
377 Horseshoe Beach 14.6
376 Stock Island 14.8
375 Crystal River 15.3
374 Apalachicola 15.6
373 St George Island 15.7
372 Valparaiso 16.3
371 St Leo 17.2
370 Sanibel 17.6
369 Shalimar 17.9
368 Vero Beach South 18.0
367 Lower Grand Lagoon 18.1
366 Vero Beach 18.2
365 Islamorada 18.3
364 Cross City 18.4
363 Cedar Key 19.0
362 Fort Walton Beach 19.1
361 Palm Beach Shores 19.1
360 Bunnell 19.2
359 Holmes Beach 19.2
358 Naples 19.3
357 Daytona Beach 19.4
…
230 Grove City 24.9
229 Jensen Beach 24.9
228 Orange City 25.0
227 Fort Myers Beach 25.0
226 Temple Terrace 25.0
225 New Smyrna Beach 25.0
224 Zephyrhills 25.1
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2017

What it means

How long the trip to work takes, one way.

How it is calculated

Total travel time of workers who do not work from home divided by their number, from the survey.