City safety & data profile

Bonita SpringsFL

Bonita Springs, FL is a 52K-resident city in Lee County with a median household income of $95,210.

Lee County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Bonita Springs, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Bonita Springs has a population larger than 80% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $497,100.

Data updated 2026-09-05

52K
Population (place)
Top 20%
By size
$95,210
Median income (place)
$497,100
Median home (place)
9.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Bonita Springs

Bonita Springs posts a median household income higher than 65% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 35%
by median income, US cities

Where Bonita Springs income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$95,210 Top 35% higher than 65% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Bonita Springs $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in FL

Population among 310 FL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in FL

Median household income among the same 310-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Bonita Springs, FL beyond the headline numbers

Bonita Springs sits inside Lee County, Florida, at roughly 26.34°N, -81.78°W. Population 51,704, $95,210 median household income. Median home value $497,100, median rent $1,882. Poverty rate 9.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 9.6%, poverty in Bonita Springs, FL runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

A median home in Bonita Springs runs about 5.2 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

19.7% of Bonita Springs workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 10% in Bonita Springs, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

At 62.1 years, Bonita Springs's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Bonita Springs from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
51,704
Bonita Springs · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$95,210
+6% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$497,100
+20% vs avg
Median Age (place)
62.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Lee County): Bonita Springs's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
818K+29%
Median Income
$76,107+60%
Median Home Value
$362,200+142%
Poverty Rate
12%-22%
Unemployment
4%-70%

Economics

Economics indicators for Bonita Springs, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,882/mo
Poverty Rate
9.6% -23% vs avg
Unemployment 3.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 43.1%
Work From Home 19.7%
Public Transit 0.4%

Population

White 79.7%
African American 1.5%
Asian 1.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
42.9%
Short Sleep Duration
29.6%
Obesity
27.4%
Physical Inactivity
24%
Lack of Health Insurance
15.2%
Diabetes
14.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
12.3%
Binge Drinking
11.9%
Coronary Heart Disease
10%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 67.1%
Annual Checkup 83.6%

Other Measures

Current Smoking
9.8%
Current Asthma
8.8%
Stroke
4.5%

What alerts and safety updates affect Bonita Springs?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Bonita Springs right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-BONITA-SPRINGS · Bonita Springs

Bonita Springs: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Bonita Springs; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Bonita Springs, FL?
Bonita Springs, FL has a population of 51,704 people, located in Lee County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Bonita Springs?
The median household income in Bonita Springs, FL is $95,210 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 9.6%.
What is the median home value in Bonita Springs?
The median home value in Bonita Springs, FL is $497,100. Median rent is $1,882/month.
What are the top health concerns in Bonita Springs?
The top health indicators in Bonita Springs include High Blood Pressure (42.9%), Short Sleep Duration (29.6%), Obesity (27.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Bonita Springs?
The median age in Bonita Springs, FL is 62.1 years. 43.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Bonita Springs, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (9.6% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($95,210 here).

Compare Bonita Springs with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Bonita Springs's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Bonita Springs area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Lee County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.