North Fort Myers is a medium-sized coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 42,719 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, North Fort Myers is the 82nd largest community in Florida.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.86% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) North Fort Myers has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. North Fort Myers has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in North Fort Myers than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, North Fort Myers may be for you.

North Fort Myers 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.

North Fort Myers is a decent-sized town, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the town has no real transit system.

The percentage of adults in North Fort Myers who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.11% of the adults in North Fort Myers have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in North Fort Myers in 2022 was $35,992, 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 $143,968 for a family of four. However, North Fort Myers contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

North Fort Myers is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call North Fort Myers home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of North Fort Myers residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. North Fort Myers also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.49% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in North Fort Myers include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in North Fort Myers is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.