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Estero

Village, Lee County. Population 38,033 (2025), +0.1% on the prior year, +3.0% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Estero

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 24.37 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population38,033Population, April 1, 2010 to 2025201038k high2025
Change since the prior year+0.1%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+3.0%2020 to 2025
Census 202036,9392020

University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Florida Estimates of Population, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Population estimates

The Village of Estero was incorporated on December 31, 2014.

The City of Estero was incorporated on December 31, 2014.

The City of Estero was incorporated on December 31, 2014.

The Village of Estero was incorporated on December 31, 2014.

The Village of Estero was incorporated on December 31, 2014.

The City of Estero was incorporated on December 31, 2014.

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Basis of the latest figureestimate2025

Population by year

April 1 of each year. Basis is census in a census year, otherwise BEBR's estimate.

YearPopulationBasisChange
202538,033estimate+0.1%
202437,993estimate+1.3%
202337,507estimate-0.9%
202237,842estimate+1.7%
202137,213estimate+0.7%
202036,939census+14.0%
201932,412estimate+1.9%
201831,806estimate+2.8%
201730,945estimate+1.2%
201630,565estimate+1.5%
201530,118estimaten/a
20100censusn/a

Labor force

Aug 2026
Unemployment rate5.6%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201614.8% highAug 2026
Labor force13,991Aug 2026
Employment13,205Aug 2026
Unemployed786Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier5.2%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier0.0%Aug 2026

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Labor force page

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Latest month is preliminaryyesAug 2026

Monthly, last three years

Not seasonally adjusted. The latest month may be preliminary.

MonthLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
Aug 202613,99113,2057865.6%
Jul 202614,02213,2387845.6%
Jun 202614,07913,3277525.3%
May 202614,04613,3447025.0%
Apr 202614,18013,4357455.3%
Mar 202614,19513,4717245.1%
Feb 202614,26513,4238425.9%
Jan 202614,03713,2028355.9%
Dec 202513,98813,2467425.3%
Nov 202514,10213,2598436.0%
Sep 202514,07113,3197525.3%
Aug 202513,98713,2627255.2%
Jul 202514,04413,3227225.1%
Jun 202514,08213,4166664.7%
May 202514,14013,5535874.2%
Apr 202514,28213,7365463.8%
Mar 202514,30913,7805293.7%
Feb 202514,28413,6965884.1%
Jan 202514,26113,6476144.3%
Dec 202414,10913,6154943.5%
Nov 202414,04513,5005453.9%
Oct 202413,98113,4235584.0%
Sep 202414,16713,5516164.3%
Aug 202414,09913,4766234.4%
Jul 202414,17413,5026724.7%
Jun 202414,06713,5055624.0%
May 202414,07713,6004773.4%
Apr 202414,17613,7334433.1%
Mar 202414,25813,7924663.3%
Feb 202414,20413,6915133.6%
Jan 202414,10113,5545473.9%
Dec 202314,24713,7814663.3%
Nov 202314,30013,8094913.4%
Oct 202314,33413,8315033.5%
Sep 202314,33113,7685633.9%
Aug 202314,27313,6646094.3%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
202514,14113,4766654.7%
202414,12213,5795433.8%
202314,17513,6705053.6%
202213,93913,4584813.5%
202113,79713,2285694.1%
202013,57512,5561,0197.5%
201913,90913,4174923.5%
201813,75313,2045494.0%
201713,64613,0266204.5%
201613,61712,9266915.1%
201511,59510,9136825.9%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$1,448.2M

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Economic Census geographic area series, retail trade and accommodation and food services, 2017 and 2022, retrieved 2026-10-01; BusinessFlare® city-level sales and visitor spending estimate (method and error; the figures are Street Economics Pass data), retrieved 2026-10-04 | How the estimate is made

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BusinessFlare® estimate from public sources. The estimate anchors on the sales the US Census Bureau published for this place in the 2017 and 2022 Economic Census, for retail trade and for accommodation and food services, and moves them month by month with the county's sales tax returns by kind of business (Florida Department of Revenue Form 10). After the 2022 anchor the place's share of the county moves with the growth of its commercial property on the Department's 2026 tax roll, as submitted by the county property appraiser, by use code: stores, shopping centers, supermarkets and auto dealers for retail; restaurants, bars and hotels for accommodation and food. The three spending groups follow the county's kind code mix within each sector. Every place with both anchors was carried from 2017 to 2022 the same way and the landing on the 2022 Census figure is the published error.

A landing error over 25% carries a wide error flag. The error is published with every figure; an estimate is never shown without it. Rounded to the nearest hundred thousand dollars; the monthly series is pass data.

Statewide median error, 2017 to 2022 back-test15.7%2017 to 2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2017$1.01B2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$1.3B2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error24.6%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017$106M2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$161M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing error5.4%2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$1.01B$1.3B$1.62B24.6%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)$106M$161M$152M5.4%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses264New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20164 highAug 2026
Food service licenses135Aug 2026
Lodging licenses27Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses102Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months16Aug 2026
New business filings, last 12 months (postal city)779Sep 2026
Change on the 12 months before+10.3%Sep 2026
New filings, latest month56Sep 2026

Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Division of Corporations (Sunbiz) bulk corporate data files, new entity filings by month, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Licenses Business formations

Licenses are placed inside the city limits by their geocoded address.

Business formations are by postal city: Estero, which is not the city limits.

No ZIP code has its Census internal point inside this place, so ZIP Code Business Patterns are not shown.

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Licenses by type

Counted licenses in DBPR's food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage files, placed by geocoded address.

License typeFileActive
2010-SEATfood120
4COP-SFSalcohol37
2APSalcohol23
2COPalcohol20
2010-NOSTfood11
2003-NAPTlodging11
4COPalcohol5
2001-HOTLlodging5
11Calcohol4
11CGalcohol4
4COP-Salcohol4
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging4
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging3
13CTalcohol2
3PSalcohol2
2014-MFDVfood2
2006-CNDO-CLCTlodging2
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging2
4COP-SBXalcohol1
2013-CATRfood1
2015-VENDfood1

Filings by entity type, last 12 months

Sunbiz new entity filings by the ZIP code of the principal address, grouped to the USPS postal city (postal city: Estero)

Entity typeLast 12 months12 months before
Florida limited liability companies693618
Florida profit corporations6157
Florida non-profit corporations1118
Out of state entities registering in Florida1411
Partnerships, trusts and other filings02

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months397Housing units permitted by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 2016338 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+24.8%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$110MAug 2026
Units, latest month14Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months67Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months330Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table4282025

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place and county residential permits, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Building permits

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Monthly, last three years

Residential permits as the Bureau publishes them; imputed months are the Bureau's imputations.

MonthUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
Aug 202614140$7.69M
Jul 2026330$414K
Jun 202612120$5.18M
May 2026770$1.17M
Apr 2026220$301K
Mar 2026220$375K
Feb 2026220$304K
Jan 2026110$165K
Dec 2025330$1.9M
Nov 2025220$630K
Oct 202511110$3.73M
Sep 20253388330$88.2M
Aug 2025220$264K
Jul 2025330$1.41M
Jun 2025660$1.91M
May 2025880$2.85M
Apr 202523230$8.27M
Mar 202510100$3.63M
Feb 2025990$5.53M
Jan 202513130$10.2M
Dec 2024660$1.73M
Nov 2024770$2.01M
Oct 20242274223$33.2M
Sep 2024440$1.15M
Aug 202414140$4.03M
Jul 202416160$4.6M
Jun 202417170$4.89M
May 202425250$7.19M
Apr 202412120$3.45M
Mar 202416160$4.57M
Feb 202416160$4.57M
Jan 202427270$7.71M
Dec 202335350$9.99M
Nov 202338380$10.8M
Oct 202328424$4.08M
Sep 202326260$7.42M

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
202542898330$129M
2024387164223$79M
202332029624$85.8M
202239747350$56.7M
202129290$6.9M
20201056835$19.5M
201927062208$32.4M
2018406114260$59.3M
201720014434$38.9M
2016121970$22.3M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$12.6B
Total taxable value (non school)$9.49B2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$10.1B2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll-5.9%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+0.9%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$13.4B2025 final roll
New construction value$115M2026 preliminary
Parcels25,9122026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll, 2026 preliminary and final as posted, retrieved 2026-10-03

Parcels are placed by Census block group through the Census Bureau's block assignment file; a parcel in a block group that straddles the limits is apportioned. Census 2020 block groups; 80% of the county's just value lies in a place. Medians are over the parcels whose block group lies mostly in the place. Qualified sales: the roll's own sale fields, qualification codes 01 and 02, improved, single parcel.

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Median single family just value$486K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months1,061Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$470KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$10.9B2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$864M2026 preliminary
Just value, industrial$72M2026 preliminary
Just value, agricultural$67.4M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$236M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$128M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$285M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$6.14M2026 preliminary

Just value by use group

Department of Revenue land use codes grouped: residential 001 to 009, commercial 011 to 039, industrial 041 to 049, agricultural 050 to 069, vacant 000, 010, 040 and 070, institutional 071 to 079, government 080 to 089, other 090 to 099. Taxable is the non school taxable value. Just value change compares with the 2025 final roll, summed the same way.

Use groupParcelsJust valueTaxable (non school)New constructionResidential unitsJust value change
Residential24,093$10.9B$8.46B$97.3M25,419-6.1%
Commercial295$864M$771M$7.9Mn/a-9.0%
Industrial26$72M$61.4M$2.14Mn/a-3.0%
Agricultural18$67.4M$6.32M$0n/a+0.1%
Vacant797$236M$177M$187Kn/a-4.3%
Institutional25$128M$7.72M$6.35Mn/a+12.5%
Government589$285M$387K$796Kn/a+0.4%
Other68$6.14M$4.3M$201Kn/a+21.3%

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$278KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$424K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$3.65MFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$3.65MSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-5.8%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$77KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$960KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$960KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before-2.0%Sep 2026

Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Expenditures and Revenues Reported by Florida's County and Municipal Governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Revenue, Revenue Confirmation Online, distributions to local governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Financial Services, LOGERx local government Annual Financial Report data, long-term debt outstanding, retrieved 2026-10-04 | Distributions Annual financial report

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Total revenues$49.6MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+42.6%FY2024
Total expenditures$51.5MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+122.0%FY2024
Revenues per resident$1.3KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$514KFY2025

Half-cent sales tax, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$278K
Aug 2026$284K
Jul 2026$287K
Jun 2026$324K
May 2026$380K
Apr 2026$325K
Mar 2026$320K
Feb 2026$343K
Jan 2026$297K
Dec 2025$291K
Nov 2025$268K
Oct 2025$252K
Sep 2025$294K
Aug 2025$295K
Jul 2025$310K
Jun 2025$349K
May 2025$389K
Apr 2025$368K
Mar 2025$318K
Feb 2025$366K
Jan 2025$337K
Dec 2024$289K
Nov 2024$270K
Oct 2024$286K
Sep 2024$287K
Aug 2024$295K
Jul 2024$325K
Jun 2024$358K
May 2024$403K
Apr 2024$363K
Mar 2024$351K
Feb 2024$387K
Jan 2024$336K
Dec 2023$327K
Nov 2023$316K
Oct 2023$302K

State revenue sharing, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$77K
Aug 2026$77K
Jul 2026$77K
Jun 2026$80.3K
May 2026$80.3K
Apr 2026$80.3K
Mar 2026$80.3K
Feb 2026$80.3K
Jan 2026$80.3K
Dec 2025$82.5K
Nov 2025$82.5K
Oct 2025$82.5K
Sep 2025$83.5K
Aug 2025$83.5K
Jul 2025$83.5K
Jun 2025$80.3K
May 2025$80.3K
Apr 2025$80.3K
Mar 2025$80.3K
Feb 2025$80.3K
Jan 2025$80.3K
Dec 2024$80.3K
Nov 2024$83.5K
Oct 2024$83.5K
Sep 2024$83.5K
Aug 2024$83.5K
Jul 2024$83.5K
Jun 2024$84.3K
May 2024$84.3K
Apr 2024$84.3K
Mar 2024$84.3K
Feb 2024$84.3K
Jan 2024$84.3K
Dec 2023$84.3K
Nov 2023$84.3K
Oct 2023$84.3K

Long-term debt by fiscal year

Total long-term debt outstanding at fiscal year end, all funds, as the government reported it to the Department of Financial Services in its Annual Financial Report.

Fiscal yearDebt outstandingChange
FY2025$514Kn/a
FY2024$0n/a
FY2023$0-100.0%
FY2022$78.2K-99.5%
FY2021$16.2M-4.1%
FY2020$16.9M-9.0%
FY2019$18.6Mn/a
FY2018$0n/a
FY2017$0n/a
FY2016$0n/a
FY2015$0n/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$8.31M$7.87M+5.6%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$8.99M$8.71M+3.2%
Intergovernmental Revenues$7.59M$12.5M-39.5%
Charges for Services$633K$542K+16.6%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$0.2K$0.2K-11.1%
Miscellaneous Revenues$3.2M$1.46M+118.8%
Other Sources$20.8M$3.62M+475.5%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a

Expenditures by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Services (Not Court-Related)$3.99M$3.49M+14.3%
Public Safety$1.87M$8.53M-78.1%
Physical Environment$1.29M$225K+473.5%
Transportation$4.1M$6.57M-37.6%
Human Services$77.1K$11.3K+579.2%
Culture / Recreation$19.3M$744K+2499.1%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$20.8M$3.62M+475.5%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

Bank deposits

June 30, 2026
Deposits (offices reporting this city)$1.4BDeposits, June 30 each year, 1998 to 20261998$1.4B high2026
Change on a year earlier+2.1%June 30, 2026
Change, real-1.1%June 30, 2026
Branches12June 30, 2026
Institutions8June 30, 2026
Branches opened since the survey a year earlier1June 30, 2026
Branches closed since the survey a year earlier0June 30, 2026

FDIC Summary of Deposits, Florida offices, every June 30 since 1994, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Bank deposits

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Offices, June 30, 2026

Deposits as each office reports them to the FDIC; the city is the one the bank reports, not a municipal boundary.

InstitutionBranchAddressCityDeposits
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationUs 41 And Corkscrew Rd Branch21331 S Tamiami TrlEstero$195M
Bank of America, National AssociationMiromar Outlet Branch10840 Miromar Outlet DrEstero$190M
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationCorkscrew Branch8700 Corkscrew RdEstero$182M
Fifth Third Bank, National AssociationEstero Banking Center Branch21321 S Tamiami TrlEstero$162M
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National AssociationBen Hill Griffin And Miromar19611 Highland Oaks DrEstero$137M
Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationMiromar In Estero Branch10870 Miromar Outlet DrEstero$126M
Truist BankGrande Oak Branch20280 Grande Oak Shoppes BlvdEstero$110M
Fifth Third Bank, National AssociationCorkscrew Bc Branch10880 Miromar Outlet DriveEstero$97.1M
TD Bank, National AssociationEstero Branch8660 Corkscrew RdEstero$95.3M
Flagstar Bank, National AssociationBonita Springs Branch23050 Via VillagioEstero$53M
Valley National BankEstero Branch7996 Mediterranean DrEstero$44.7M
Fifth Third Bank, National AssociationVerdana Bc Branch20001 Verdana Village BlvdEstero$12.6M

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