City safety & data profile

IonaFL

Iona, FL is a 15K-resident city in Lee County with a median household income of $66,827.

Lee County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Iona, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Iona has a population larger than 29% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $322,800.

Data updated 2026-09-05

15K
Population (place)
Bottom 30%
By size
$66,827
Median income (place)
$322,800
Median home (place)
8.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Iona

Iona posts a median household income higher than 32% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 33%
by median income, US cities

Where Iona income ranks nationally

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

$66,827 Bottom 32% higher than 32% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Iona $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 Iona, FL beyond the headline numbers

Iona sits inside Lee County, Florida, at roughly 26.52°N, -81.96°W. Population 15,369, $66,827 median household income. Median home value $322,800, median rent $1,913. Poverty rate 8.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 8.2%, poverty in Iona, FL runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

A median home in Iona runs about 4.8 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

25.1% of Iona 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: 12.2% in Iona, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

At 68.6 years, Iona'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 Iona 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)
15,369
Iona · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$66,827
-25% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$322,800
-22% vs avg
Median Age (place)
68.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Lee County): Iona'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 Iona, FL
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,913/mo
Poverty Rate
8.2% -34% vs avg
Unemployment 2%
Bachelor's Degree+ 39.4%
Work From Home 25.1%
Public Transit 0.2%

Population

White 90.1%
African American 2%
Asian 1.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
47.9%
Short Sleep Duration
28.6%
Obesity
26.5%
Physical Inactivity
25.8%
Diabetes
16.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
12.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
11.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
10.1%
Binge Drinking
10.1%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 65.7%
Annual Checkup 86.1%

Other Measures

Current Smoking
9.8%
Current Asthma
8.8%
Stroke
5.5%

What alerts and safety updates affect Iona?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet FL-IONA · Iona

Iona: 104 tagged alerts; lead category NSW RFS bushfire alert.

  • VOL-HEAVY 104 on record
  • MIX-LED 26% au-bushfires
  • DESK-MIX NOAA · CPSC/FDA/NHTSA
  • NEAR-PEER 36 · Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Iona

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 104 tagged notices on record for Iona.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ68)

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

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (104 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Iona, FL?
Iona, FL has a population of 15,369 people, located in Lee County, Florida.
What is the median household income in Iona?
The median household income in Iona, FL is $66,827 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 8.2%.
What is the median home value in Iona?
The median home value in Iona, FL is $322,800. Median rent is $1,913/month.
What are the top health concerns in Iona?
The top health indicators in Iona include High Blood Pressure (47.9%), Short Sleep Duration (28.6%), Obesity (26.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Iona?
The median age in Iona, FL is 68.6 years. 39.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (8.2% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($66,827 here).

Compare Iona with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Iona'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 Iona 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.
  • Compare Iona against Florida peers on any ranking lens. Explore Florida

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.