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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in Sanibel

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 29 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 5, 2026
Education & commute · Sanibel 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 61.0% −0.6 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 29 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 −2.7 pp
vs Lee County +29.8 pp Lee County: 31.2% · 2024
Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · Sanibel · Lee County · Florida · United States
−2.7 pp since 2014
Sanibel 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
Sanibel
61.0%
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 Sanibel · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 61.0% · 2024
First value 62.2% · 2013
Highest 64.5% · 2016
Lowest 56.0% · 2020
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearSanibelChange Lee CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 61.0% −0.6 pp 31.2% 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 61.6% +2.5 pp 30.8% 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 59.2% +1.0 pp 30.1% 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 58.2% +2.1 pp 29.0% 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 56.0% −5.1 pp 28.5% 30.5% —
2019estimate 61.1% +0.5 pp 28.2% 29.9% —
2018estimate 60.7% −2.8 pp 27.8% 29.2% —
2017estimate 63.5% −1.0 pp 27.2% 28.5% —
2016estimate 64.5% +1.1 pp 26.7% 27.9% —
2015estimate 63.4% −0.3 pp 26.0% 27.3% —
2014estimate 63.7% +1.5 pp 25.3% 26.8% —
2013estimate 62.2% 24.7% 26.4% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2023 · 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
226 Alva 30.3%
23 Anna Maria 62.7%
201 Apalachicola 32.9%
108 Apollo Beach 44.6%
53 Atlantic Beach 55.2%
25 Atlantis 61.7%
110 Ave Maria 44.4%
51 Aventura 55.3%
224 Bagdad 30.5%
12 Bal Harbour 67.1%
324 Baldwin 18.3%
50 Bay Harbor Islands 55.6%
247 Bay Pines 27.5%
359 Bayonet Point 14.0%
319 Bayshore Gardens 18.8%
360 Bell 13.9%
352 Belle Glade 14.6%
62 Belleair 54.0%
34 Belleair Beach 59.4%
211 Belleair Bluffs 31.9%
323 Bellview 18.4%
378 Beverly Hills 10.0%
254 Big Pine Key 26.6%
106 Biscayne Park 44.9%
125 Bloomingdale 42.1%
…
287 Ruskin 22.4%
97 Safety Harbor 47.2%
177 San Antonio 35.7%
26 Sanibel 61.6%
127 Sarasota 41.7%
47 Satellite Beach 56.9%
35 Sawgrass 59.4%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2023

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.