Suncoast Estates has lower household incomes than 97% of U.S. towns
Suncoast Estates grades C+ for jobs and income and A for walkability. Below the poverty line: 26.4% of residents (Florida 12.6%). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 4.1 in Fort Myers.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Suncoast Estates
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Suncoast Estates
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Suncoast Estates is better than 35% of U.S. towns, #453 of 638 in Florida. Unemployment holds Suncoast Estates’ grade up (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($38,503, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Suncoast Estates could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Suncoast Estates by day and by night
On a workday 1,603 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Suncoast Estates on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.05 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
15% of working residents work in Fort Myers
Where Suncoast Estates clocks in
15% of workers
15% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What work there is in Suncoast Estates: 87 jobs
87 jobs are based in Suncoast Estates.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Suncoast Estates, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 87. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Suncoast Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Suncoast Estates
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Suncoast Estates workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,798 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Suncoast Estates
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Suncoast Estates is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Suncoast Estates is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #100 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Suncoast Estates near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,897 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 74% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 22.4% of Suncoast Estates households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Suncoast Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
Suncoast Estates next to U.S. towns of 3,100 to 5,900: 2,651st of 3,908 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Bay Hill FL | 4,512 | $128K | 0.7% | 1.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Geneva FL | 3,441 | $133K | 0.6% | 0.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Windermere FL | 3,344 | $178K | 1.3% | 2.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,649 | Littlefield TX | 5,675 | $61K | 14.7% | 2.7% | 18% | C+ |
| 2,650 | Chester Township PA | 4,068 | $58K | 16.3% | 6.8% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,651 | Suncoast Estates FL | 4,369 | $39K | 26.4% | 2.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,652 | Fairview GA | 5,302 | $64K | 13.1% | 4.1% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,653 | Kilauea HI | 3,146 | $92K | 18.5% | 3.4% | 13% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,908 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Suncoast Estates, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Suncoast Estates and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to North Fort Myers (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Suncoast Estates workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suncoast Estates | – | C+ | A | 29 min | $38,503 |
| North Fort Myers | 8% | C | A− | 28 min | $56,261 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Suncoast Estates’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Suncoast Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Suncoast Estates?
$38,503 (±$6,505) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Suncoast Estates?
26.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Suncoast Estates?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Suncoast Estates work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Myers (15%, 7 mi), Cape Coral (15%, 9 mi), North Fort Myers (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Suncoast Estates walkable?
Suncoast Estates is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Suncoast Estates without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. 74% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Suncoast Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Suncoast Estates
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.