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26,361people live here $48,144median household income▼ 40% below US $941median rent per month▼ 33% below US $210,600median home value▼ 37% below US

Immokalee is an unincorporated community in Collier County, FL. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Immokalee

Immokalee is an unincorporated community in Florida with rent below the national average, home prices that remain within reach, and schools with class sizes near the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Immokalee deals with household incomes below the national average, long average commutes, college degree attainment below the national average, and a population that has been shrinking.

The good

Rent below the national average
Affordable home prices
Average class sizes

The not so good

Below-average household incomes
Long commutes
Low college degree attainment
Shrinking population
High poverty rate
Hot summers

How Immokalee compares

Median household income

Immokalee$48,144

Florida avg$74,568

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Immokalee$941

Florida avg$1,669

US$1,413

Median home value

Immokalee$210,600

Florida avg$359,000

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Immokalee

Based on Immokalee's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$1,882

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $37,640 a year
42% of Immokalee renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$42,120

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $21,060
Homes cost 4.4× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▼ 33% below US

$941/mo median rent

Rent here is genuinely low, with median rent around $941 a month. Factoring in local incomes, the value gets even better. Money stretches further here than in most of the country. Home prices here are genuinely accessible, with a median around $210,600. That kind of affordability is rare in today's market.

Median home value $210,600 · 42% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

4.1% county unemployment

Unemployment in Collier County is 4.1%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Collier County (county-wide)

Safety

94 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Immokalee doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Collier County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 493/100k · Policed by Collier County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 39% above US

36 min average commute

Traffic is a real factor here. The 36.1 minute average means plenty of commuters are pushing 45 to 60 minutes on a bad day. Proximity to work matters more here than it might elsewhere. 9 in 10 workers drive to work; 5% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

63%

Carpool

29%

Work from home

5.1%

Other

2.0%

Public transit

1.4%

Walk

0.2%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 92°F, and winters are mild, with lows rarely dropping below 54°F. Rainfall is regular throughout the year.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 83% below US

6% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a working-class city, and college degree rates reflect that. Trades, manufacturing, and service industries tend to dominate the local economy, which is a strength for some fields and a real constraint for others.

Schools

13 public schools inside the boundary

There are 13 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 18:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Big Cypress National Preserve (37 miles away). There are 3 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Immokalee's strongest points are rent below the national average and home prices that remain within reach; the main tradeoffs are household incomes below the national average and long average commutes. A year of median rent ($941/mo) equals 23% of the median household income here, about the same as the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit people watching their budget. It may be a harder fit for people who dread long commutes and anyone who doesn't drive.

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