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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

2019 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritorySeasonal & vacation homes
193 Alva 7.1%
36 Anna Maria 39.7%
156 Apalachicola 10.4%
243 Apollo Beach 4.3%
217 Atlantic Beach 5.8%
93 Atlantis 19.2%
47 Aventura 36.6%
384 Bagdad 0.0%
11 Bal Harbour 53.7%
275 Baldwin 2.6%
151 Bay Harbor Islands 11.0%
124 Bay Pines 13.4%
187 Bayonet Point 7.8%
120 Bayshore Gardens 13.5%
278 Bell 2.4%
343 Belle Glade 0.7%
98 Belleair 17.1%
76 Belleair Beach 25.5%
97 Belleair Bluffs 17.6%
304 Bellview 1.4%
170 Beverly Hills 9.1%
99 Big Pine Key 16.8%
380 Biscayne Park 0.0%
365 Bloomingdale 0.1%
139 Boca Raton 11.9%
…
166 Fort Denaud 9.5%
126 Fort Lauderdale 13.4%
115 Fort Myers 13.9%
6 Fort Myers Beach 61.0%
157 Fort Pierce 10.3%
257 Fort Walton Beach 3.5%
289 Freeport 2.1%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019

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.