VillasFL
A town of 13,644.
Is Villas a good place to live?
Villas is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 414th of 634 graded towns in Florida, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $58K. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $249K for a typical one and 3.3 times the Cape Coral metro’s $76K median household income. 11% of residents are under 18 in Villas, against 20% in Florida’s towns and 22% across U.S. towns. Villas is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 92% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is John Yarbrough Linear Park, at 88 acres.
What makes Villas stand out
Where Villas beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
Every workday, about 13,831 people come to Villas for work
Where Villas’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Villas grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Villas is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Villas: who provides what
Villas 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 Villas.
Villas draws workers from Cape Coral and beyond, is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns.
Villas has set aside 2.7% of its land for conservation
6.5 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The trail density in Villas is 1.4 miles per square mile.
| Villas | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.4 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lakes Regional Park | 2.1 mi | 86 |
| 2. John Yarbrough Linear Park | — | 88 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Public schools in Villas fall behind 64% of Florida districts
Its public schools are run by the Lee school district. Two of its 5 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestwell Higher Learning PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 253 | – |
| Lee County Acceleration AcademiesLargest public high schoolGrades 8–12 | Grades 8–12 | 230 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Most working residents commute out of Villas
14,266 jobs are based in Villas, 2.8 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 9,680 in 2013 to 14,266.
Most working residents leave Villas for work: only 8% work in town. Since 2013, Villas has added 4,586 jobs, to 14,266 in 2023. Villas’ average trip to work is 24 minutes.
| Villas | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $58,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.5% | 5% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Villas faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 85% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 49 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Villas.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fewer children than Florida overall
Children under 18 are 10% of residents (20% statewide); people 65 and older are 30% of residents (21% statewide). 33% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Florida.
| Villas | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52.5 years | 42.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 30% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 31% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.7 points). Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women. Among residents 65 to 74, 56% are men (FL 46%).
| Villas | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 4.4% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.4% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.5% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.2% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 15.3% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.9% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.2% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.7% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.6% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.6% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
In Villas, expect four seasons and hot summers
January nights average 53.5°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.8°.
Villas has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain.
| Villas | 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
Villas is less healthy than 55% of U.S. towns
Against the 8,496 U.S. towns with household incomes like Villas’s, it is healthier than 72%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
Villas beats the Florida average on 4 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 41% of Villas adults have high blood pressure.
| Villas | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Villas | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11.1% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7.1% | 8.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.1% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Villas sells for about $177K
64% of households own their home in Villas.
| Villas | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 64% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,695 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Hertz Arena and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Villas. Close and well known come first.
9 mi Stadium & arenaHertz Arena
6 mi MuseumEdison and Ford Winter Estates
38 mi National PreserveBig Cypress National Preserve2.3M visitors a year9 mi State parkMound Key Archeological State Park
8 mi State parkKoreshan State Historic Site
25 mi State parkCayo Costa State ParkPhoto credits
Hertz Arena: Tthaas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edison and Ford Winter Estates: Rolf Müller (User:Rolfmueller), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Big Cypress National Preserve: Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Koreshan State Historic Site: Ebyabe, 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 Villas
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Villas
About 6 of every 100 Villas residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
About Villas
Census-designated place in Florida, United States
Villas, Florida is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 12,687 at the 2020 census, up from 11,569 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 4.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 10 ft
- Area code
- 239
Villas’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Villas.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villas | #414 | C− | C | — | C+ | C+ |
| Pine Manor | #585 | D− | C− | — | C+ | D |
| Page Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cypress Lake | #287 | C+ | C | — | C+ | B+ |
Villas, Pine Manor and Cypress Lake report no FBI crime data of their own. Page Park isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Villas with a neighbor →
Questions about Villas
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Villas, FL a good place to live?
Villas grades C− overall, better than 25% of U.S. towns and #414 of 634 in Florida. It grades C+ for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Villas, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $249,000, 34% 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.