Metro area · Florida

Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area

Naples-Marco Island, FL is a metropolitan area of 1 county in Florida, home to 417,131 residents. Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area has a quality-of-life score of 81 out of 100 (very high), ranking #172 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Florida it ranks #1 of 28. It ranks best on life expectancy (high), income adjusted for local prices (high) and depression (low). It ranks worst on rent-burdened households (high), income inequality (Gini index) (high) and rent as share of income (high).

81Very high
Quality-of-life score
#172 of 925 metro and micro areas
Florida
#1 of 28 in FL
Population
417,131 (2025)
Land area
1,997 mi²
Density
208.9 /mi²
CBSA code
34940

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 68 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety93#62/924
  • Economy85#142/925
  • Housing6#874/925
  • Health99#10/925
  • Healthcare57#393/923
  • Environment67#305/917
  • Education65#329/925
  • Infrastructure68#297/925
  • Community69#287/925
  • Leisure & amenities95#48/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Metro and micro areas like Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Naples-Marco Island, FL metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in Naples-Marco Island, FL

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. Collier CountyCentral county80417,131

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. Marco IslandPrincipal city16,205
  2. NaplesPrincipal city19,704

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. Golden Gate29,234
  2. Immokalee26,361
  3. Naples19,704
  4. Marco Island16,205
  5. Lely Resort8,582
  6. Ave Maria8,258
  7. Pelican Bay6,159
  8. Orangetree6,084
  9. Naples Manor5,501
  10. Naples Park5,122
  11. Vineyards3,849
  12. Lely3,804
  13. Island Walk2,722
  14. Verona Walk2,695
  15. Pelican Marsh2,617
  16. Berkshire Lakes2,064
  17. Pine Ridge1,910
  18. Winding Cypress1,160
  19. Chokoloskee808
  20. Heritage Bay802
  21. Marco Shores-Hammock Bay794
  22. Everglades200
  23. Goodland104
  24. Plantation Island43

Other metro and micro areas in Florida

Areas based in Florida, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

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