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. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Cape Coral, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Cape Coral, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Cape Coral’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Cape Coral does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because 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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.13% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Cape Coral is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

The percentage of people in Cape Coral who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.70% of adults in Cape Coral 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.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Cape Coral's cultural character, accounting for 17.90% of the city’s population.

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