Pine Island CenterFL
A town of 1,834.
Is Pine Island Center a good place to live?
Pine Island Center’s best subject grade is a B for the outdoors; its weakest is a D for hazard risk. 35% of residents are 65 or older in Pine Island Center, above both the Florida town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Pine Island Center has 1 place on the National Register. The biggest park or preserve is Pinewood Trails Park, at 30 acres. Pine Island Center has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Pine Island Center lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 24% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
How Pine Island Center grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Pine Island Center is from typical.
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Moving to Pine Island Center: who provides what
Pine Island Center is unincorporated, so Lee 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 Pine Island Center.
Hurricanes leads a very high hazard risk in Pine Island Center
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 88% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Pine Island Center’s schools rank behind 64% of Florida districts
Its public schools are run by the Lee school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Island Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 227 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Pine Island Center has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Pine Island Center for work: only 3% work in town. At 23 minutes, Pine Island Center’s average trip to work is against 27 minutes in Florida’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. The top destinations are Cape Coral (11%), St.
| Pine Island Center | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 5% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Pine Island Center, expect mild winters and hot summers
Pine Island Center has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Pine Island Center is 92°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Pine Island Center is less healthy than 56% of U.S. towns
Pine Island Center beats the Florida average on 11 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 44% of adults have high blood pressure in Pine Island Center.
| Pine Island Center | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 37% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 13% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 37% | 36% |
| What stands out | Pine Island Center | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.3% | 13.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 11.1% | 15.9% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.3% | 12.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Pine Island Center | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pinewood Trails Park | 0.3 mi | 30 |
| 2. Randell Research Center | — | 29 |
| 3. Phillips Community Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Pine Island Center sell for about $100K
Pine Island Center’s median rent is $1,206 a month.
| Pine Island Center | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,206 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 72% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Cayo Costa State Park and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pine Island Center. Close and well known come first.
8 mi State parkCayo Costa State Park
25 mi Stadium & arenaHertz Arena
15 mi MuseumEdison and Ford Winter Estates21 mi State parkMound Key Archeological State Park
31 mi Ancient siteWarm Mineral Springs
23 mi State parkKoreshan State Historic SitePhoto credits
Cayo Costa State Park: https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrea_pauline/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hertz Arena: Tthaas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edison and Ford Winter Estates: Rolf Müller (User:Rolfmueller), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Warm Mineral Springs: Blas0082, Public domain · Koreshan State Historic Site: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Pine Island Center
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Pine Island Center; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Pine Island Center residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
97% of working residents leave Pine Island Center for work
Where Pine Island Center’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Pine Island Center
Place in Florida, United States
Pine Island Center is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located on Pine Island in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,942 at the 2020 census, up from 1,854 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 4.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3 ft
- Area code
- 239
Pine Island Center’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Pine Island Center.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Island Center | — | — | C | — | C+ | C+ |
| Pineland | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bokeelia | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| St. James City | #547 | D | C− | — | C+ | B |
Pine Island Center and Bokeelia have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Pine Island Center, Bokeelia and St. James City report no FBI crime data of their own. Pineland isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Pine Island Center with a neighbor →
Questions about Pine Island Center
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pine Island Center, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $309,000, 18% below 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 C.