Cape Coral is a relatively large coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 224,455 people and 43 associated neighborhoods, Cape Coral is the ninth largest community in Florida. Much of the housing stock in Cape Coral was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Cape Coral economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Cape Coral, where the median household income is $76,062.00.

Also of interest is that Cape Coral has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

A relatively large number of people in Cape Coral telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.13% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One of the nice things about Cape Coral is that it is nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

In terms of college education, Cape Coral is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.70% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Cape Coral in 2022 was $39,603, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $158,412 for a family of four. However, Cape Coral contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Cape Coral is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Cape Coral home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Cape Coral residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Cape Coral also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.05% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Cape Coral include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish.

Cape Coral also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.90%.

The most common language spoken in Cape Coral is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.