Living in Pine Island Center, FL
Pine Island Center is a small town of 1,834 people in Lee County, Florida. It's about 8 miles from Cape Coral, FL and 96 miles from Tampa, FL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 93°F and winter highs 76°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $309k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,834people
$309kTypical home
$1,206/moRent
93° / 76°Summer / winter
0"Snow
258Sunny days
116Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,834
- Part of a metro area
- About 420 people per sq mi
- 96 mi to Tampa, FL
- 8 mi to Cape Coral, FL
- 8 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $309k (≈$1,948/mo)
- Median rent $1,206/mo
- Median household income $68k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 93°F
- Winter highs around 76°F
- Steamy summers (dew point 75°F)
- 258 sunny days a year (88 totally clear)
- 107 cloudy days a year
- 26 of 90 winter days are gray
- 116 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (174 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (603 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 53
- 23% of households have kids
- 34% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 22 mi to PGD airport
- 24 mi to RSW (major hub)
- 74 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 62% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1986
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 23 ft
- Right on the coast
- 67 mi to a big lake
- 19 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 173 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 582 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 35 bars within 25 mi
- 115 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 3 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 19 museums within 25 mi
- 4 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 9 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 43% of Florida districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 15 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 19 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lee County: R+28 in 2024
- Florida: R+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk