Pelican MarshFL
A town of 2,617.
Is Pelican Marsh a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Pelican Marsh grades A− overall, 28th of 634 graded towns in Florida. The median household earns $143K. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 86% of the country and its schools outperform 83% of the state's. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $1.1 million for a typical one and 12 times the Naples metro’s $90K median household income. 69% of residents are 65 or older in Pelican Marsh, where Florida’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 18%. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. On the outdoors, just 77 of Florida’s 779 towns do worse.
What makes Pelican Marsh stand out
Where Pelican Marsh beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Every workday, about 3,931 people come to Pelican Marsh for work
Where Pelican Marsh’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Pelican Marsh grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Pelican Marsh is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 98% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 3%), so the A− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Pelican Marsh: who provides what
Pelican Marsh is unincorporated, so Collier County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Pelican Marsh.
Pelican Marsh is a second-home town, draws workers from Bonita Springs and beyond and has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns.
Pelican Marsh stands out in Florida and nationally, with the median household income higher than most
3,975 jobs are based in Pelican Marsh, 5.1 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 2,545 in 2013 to 3,975.
For Pelican Marsh, the typical journey to work is 24 minutes. Jobs based in Pelican Marsh grew to 3,975 in 2023, 1,430 more than in 2013. 2.7% of residents live below the poverty line here. The top destinations are Naples (12%), Bonita Springs (4%) and Tampa (2%).
| Pelican Marsh | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $143,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.7% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pelican Marsh has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from hurricanes
Of the losses FEMA expects in Pelican Marsh, 61% come from hurricanes and 35% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A smaller share of adults binge drink in Pelican Marsh than in most of Florida or the rest of the country
Against the 3,294 U.S. towns with household incomes like Pelican Marsh’s, it is less healthy than 52%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Only 2 of the 636 Florida towns we compare have a lower share of adults 18 to 64 who have no health insurance than Pelican Marsh. Among adults here, 24% sleep under 7 hours. Against the Florida average, Pelican Marsh comes out ahead on 21 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 6.
| Pelican Marsh | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.7% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 8% | 15% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 37% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 88% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Pelican Marsh | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 3.1% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 2.1% | 8.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 21.4% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The climate in Pelican Marsh brings mild winters and hot summers
The Naples Muni Ap weather station, 7 miles away, records that about 104 days a year reach 90°, more than in 95% of U.S. towns. January nights average 54.1°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.8°.
In Pelican Marsh, the midsummer high is 92°F. Snowfall is close to zero.
| Pelican Marsh | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 54°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 92°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Pelican Marsh sells for about $965K at the median
At 12 years of the Naples metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 97% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $7,835, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Among 638 Florida towns, just 8 have a higher home-ownership rate than Pelican Marsh. A home in Pelican Marsh typically sold within 87 days of listing. Sellers in Pelican Marsh got 92.3% of the asking price, typically.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everglades National Park and 11 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pelican Marsh. Close and well known come first.
32 mi National ParkEverglades National Park778K visitors a year
27 mi National PreserveBig Cypress National Preserve2.3M visitors a year
13 mi Stadium & arenaHertz Arena13 mi State parkMound Key Archeological State Park
13 mi State parkKoreshan State Historic Site
27 mi MuseumEdison and Ford Winter EstatesPhoto credits
Everglades National Park: Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States, Public domain · Big Cypress National Preserve: Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hertz Arena: Tthaas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Koreshan State Historic Site: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edison and Ford Winter Estates: Rolf Müller (User:Rolfmueller), CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Pelican Marsh
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Pelican Marsh
About 2 of every 100 Pelican Marsh residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
Pelican Marsh’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Pelican Marsh.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelican Marsh | #28 | A− | D− | — | A− | A |
| Pine Ridge | — | — | D | — | A− | A+ |
Pine Ridge has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Pelican Marsh and Pine Ridge report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Pelican Marsh with a neighbor →
Questions about Pelican Marsh
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pelican Marsh, FL a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Pelican Marsh grades A− overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #28 of 634 in Florida. It grades A for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Pelican Marsh, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $1,080,000, 188% above the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.