Best PlacesFort Myers Beach, FL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Myers Beach, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Fort Myers Beach ranks 25,467th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Myers Beach
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Fort Myers Beach's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Myers Beach ranks high
- State infrastructureBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 96% of towns
- TransitBetter than 96% of towns
Where Fort Myers Beach ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Myers Beach
A household needs to earn about $139,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Myers Beach home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $84,012, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Fort Myers Beach's effective rate of 0.72%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fort Myers Beach
Fort Myers Beach runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fort Myers Beach.
Who works in Fort Myers Beach, and how
Work in Fort Myers Beach centers on hospitality & food and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 57%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Fort Myers Beach
Fort Myers Beach has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of towns. The coast is about 3 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Fort Myers Beach and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fort Myers Beach, month by month
Fort Myers Beach sees roughly 115 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 77, with lows near 54. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 77° | 65° | 54° |
| April | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| July | 93° | 83° | 76° |
| October | 89° | 78° | 71° |
Flying in and out of Fort Myers Beach
Southwest Florida International sits about 12 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 5.5 million passengers in 2025, with 103 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Fort Myers Beach
Schools across Fort Myers Beach average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- The Sanibel SchoolA+ · 88% proficient
- Fort Myers Beach Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Rayma C. Page Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lexington Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- South Fort Myers High SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Myers Beach school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Myers Beach measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Fort Myers Beach against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Myers Beach
Is Fort Myers Beach a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Myers Beach ranks 25,467th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state infrastructure, biking, and health care access, and lowest on summer heat and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fort Myers Beach expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $538,413. The overall cost of living runs about 20% above the national average. Set against a $84,012 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is Fort Myers Beach safe?
Fort Myers Beach is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $256 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Myers Beach with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Myers Beach. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Myers Beach represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Fort Myers Beach detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Myers Beach: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Myers Beach: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Myers Beach: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Myers Beach: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Myers Beach detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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