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Housing Statistics · City estimate

Seasonal & vacation homes in Fort Myers Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 15 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 8, 2026

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

Seasonal & vacation homes, 2013 – 2024 percent · Fort Myers Beach · Lee County · Florida · United States
−8.5 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 Seasonal & vacation homes · percent
Fort Myers Beach
48.1%
Lee County
18.0%
Florida
7.8%

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

The series at a glance Fort Myers Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 48.1% · 2024
First value 55.3% · 2013
Highest 65.3% · 2021
Lowest 48.1% · 2024
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearFort Myers BeachChange Lee CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 48.1% −6.7 pp 18.0% 7.8% 3.3%
2023estimate 54.8% −9.6 pp 18.6% 8.2% 3.4%
2022estimate 64.4% −0.9 pp 19.4% 8.5% 3.5%
2021estimate 65.3% +5.4 pp 20.5% 8.8% 3.6%
2020estimate 59.9% −1.0 pp 21.1% 9.1% —
2019estimate 61.0% +0.6 pp 23.0% 9.6% —
2018estimate 60.3% +1.0 pp 22.9% 9.7% —
2017estimate 59.4% −0.3 pp 23.4% 9.8% —
2016estimate 59.7% +0.5 pp 23.3% 9.9% —
2015estimate 59.2% +2.6 pp 22.9% 9.9% —
2014estimate 56.6% +1.3 pp 22.5% 9.8% —
2013estimate 55.3% 21.4% 9.6% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritorySeasonal & vacation homes
115 Alva 14.6%
38 Anna Maria 38.7%
189 Apalachicola 8.0%
254 Apollo Beach 4.0%
220 Atlantic Beach 5.9%
101 Atlantis 16.9%
45 Aventura 36.6%
384 Bagdad 0.0%
12 Bal Harbour 53.1%
276 Baldwin 2.7%
151 Bay Harbor Islands 11.4%
127 Bay Pines 13.4%
200 Bayonet Point 6.9%
116 Bayshore Gardens 14.5%
242 Bell 4.6%
347 Belle Glade 0.7%
102 Belleair 16.8%
68 Belleair Beach 27.8%
107 Belleair Bluffs 15.8%
368 Bellview 0.2%
180 Beverly Hills 8.9%
95 Big Pine Key 18.7%
381 Biscayne Park 0.0%
367 Bloomingdale 0.2%
132 Boca Raton 13.2%
…
167 Fort Denaud 10.0%
124 Fort Lauderdale 13.6%
111 Fort Myers 15.3%
5 Fort Myers Beach 59.4%
165 Fort Pierce 10.1%
310 Fort Walton Beach 1.5%
286 Freeport 2.3%
…

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

What it means

The share of homes kept for holidays or occasional use.

How it is calculated

Homes for seasonal, recreational or occasional use divided by all homes.