San Carlos ParkFL
A town of 19,159.
Is San Carlos Park a good place to live?
San Carlos Park is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, ranked 309th of 634 in Florida, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $86K. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $325K, 4.3 years of the Cape Coral metro’s $76K median household income. San Carlos Park’s January low is 54°F, where Florida’s towns sit at 51°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 90% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top.
What makes San Carlos Park stand out
Where San Carlos Park beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
San Carlos Park has grown 10% from 2010 to 2020
16,824 counted in 2010 and 18,563 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How San Carlos Park grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far San Carlos Park is from typical.
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Moving to San Carlos Park: who provides what
San Carlos Park 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 San Carlos Park.
San Carlos Park has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns and has more than doubled its jobs in ten years, but it has little public open land.
Very high risk in San Carlos Park, with hurricanes at the top
Since 1995, 105 flood insurance claims have been paid out in San Carlos Park.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
San Carlos Park’s public schools trail 64% of Florida districts
Its public schools are run by the Lee school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Carlos Park Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 642 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
San Carlos Park has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs based here grew from 1,850 in 2013 to 4,025.
Most working residents leave San Carlos Park for work: only 6% work in town. Jobs based in San Carlos Park grew to 4,025 in 2023, 2,175 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Fort Myers (10%), Bonita Springs (8%) and Estero (6%).
| San Carlos Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 10% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, San Carlos Park is healthier than 72% of U.S. towns
San Carlos Park beats the Florida average on 9 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 19% of San Carlos Park adults binge drink.
| San Carlos Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 15% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 37% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 79% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | San Carlos Park | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.3% | 7.5% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.7% | 3.8% |
| More binge drinkers | 18.5% | 14.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In San Carlos Park, expect mild winters and hot summers
The Naples weather station, 23 miles away, records that about 121 days a year reach 90°, more than in 98% of U.S. towns. January nights average 53.6°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.9°.
San Carlos Park has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. San Carlos Park’s July high is 92°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Younger than Florida overall
People 65 and older are 17% of residents (21% statewide). The median age in San Carlos Park is 37.4 years. 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Florida.
| San Carlos Park | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37.4 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 22% | 20% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.6 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 67% are men (FL 51%). Median age: women 39.4, men 35.5.
| San Carlos Park | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.2% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.3% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.2% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.3% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.3% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.8% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.7% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.8% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.7% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.8% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.4% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.1% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.9% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Conserved land covers 0.8% of San Carlos Park
Just 25 of its 3,175 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in San Carlos Park itself; its outdoors grade is D.
0.0 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. San Carlos Community Pool | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in San Carlos Park sell for about $368K
The median sale price was $368,000 in May 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Hertz Arena and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around San Carlos Park. Close and well known come first.
4 mi Stadium & arenaHertz Arena
3 mi State parkKoreshan State Historic Site
33 mi National PreserveBig Cypress National Preserve2.3M visitors a year5 mi State parkMound Key Archeological State Park
12 mi MuseumEdison and Ford Winter Estates
30 mi State parkCayo Costa State ParkPhoto credits
Hertz Arena: Tthaas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Koreshan State Historic Site: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Big Cypress National Preserve: Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Edison and Ford Winter Estates: Rolf Müller (User:Rolfmueller), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cayo Costa State Park: https://www.flickr.com/photos/andrea_pauline/, CC BY-SA 2.0
Everything we know about San Carlos Park
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of San Carlos Park
About 6 of every 100 San Carlos Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
94% of working residents leave San Carlos Park for work
Where San Carlos Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About San Carlos Park
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
San Carlos Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 18,563 at the 2020 census, up from 16,824 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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- Area
- 5.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 16 ft
- Area code
- 239
San Carlos Park’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with San Carlos Park.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Carlos Park | #309 | C | C | — | C+ | B+ |
| Three Oaks | #273 | C+ | D | — | C+ | A |
| Estero | #321 | C | D | — | C+ | A− |
San Carlos Park, Three Oaks and Estero report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare San Carlos Park with a neighbor →
Questions about San Carlos Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is San Carlos Park, FL a good place to live?
San Carlos Park grades C overall, better than 34% of U.S. towns and #309 of 634 in Florida. It grades B+ for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is San Carlos Park, FL expensive?
The typical home is worth about $325,000, 13% 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.