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Collier County, Florida

Collier County, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 80 out of 100 (very high), ranking #617 of 3,143 US counties. Within Florida it ranks #6 of 67 counties. It ranks best on life expectancy (high), income adjusted for local prices (high) and depression (low). It ranks worst on rent-burdened households (high), rent as share of income (high) and income inequality (Gini index) (high).

80Very high
Quality-of-life score
#617 of 3,143 counties
Florida
#6 of 67 in FL
Population
417,131 (2025)
Land area
1,997 mi²
Density
208.9 /mi²
FIPS code
12021

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 79 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

Location of Collier County, Florida

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

  • Safety92#257/3,096
  • Economy85#477/3,143
  • Housing3#3,038/3,140
  • Health98#59/3,144
  • Healthcare71#912/3,143
  • Environment32#2,109/3,108
  • Education74#804/3,144
  • Infrastructure80#632/3,144
  • Community74#822/3,144
  • Leisure & amenities94#194/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Collier County, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US counties (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.

Counties like Collier County, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Collier County, Florida 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.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Naples-Marco Island, FL

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.

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Metro area

The metro or micro area Collier County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Cities and towns in Collier County

Places whose residents live mostly in Collier County, largest first.

  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

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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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