941 (Fort Myers, Bradenton, Sarasota
and southwestern Florida)
561 (West Palm Beach, Boca Raton and
central eastern Florida)
305 (Miami, Key West and southeastern
Florida; overlays with 786)
786 (Miami and southeastern Florida;
overlays with 305)
954 (Fort Lauderdale area)
County:
Collier County
Total population(Collier County) : 265,769
Population density, by state, per
square mile: 124.1 people per
square mile
Projected population growth, by state
(projected population change: 1988 through 2020):
40.1% (for Florida)
Overview for Collier County, FL
Part of: Naples-Marco Island FL, Metropolitan Area
Collier County is one of about 3,141 counties and county
equivalents in the United States. It has 2,025.3 sq. miles
in land area and a population density of 136.6 per square
mile. In the last three decades of the 1900s its
population grew by 560.8%. On the 2000 census form, 97.8%
of the population reported only one race, with 4.5% of
these reporting African-American. The population of this
county is 19.6% Hispanic (of any race). The average
household size is 2.39 persons compared to an average
family size of 2.79 persons.
In 2002 retail trade was the largest of 20 major sectors.
It had an average wage per job of $24,635. Per capita
income grew by 13.0% between 1991 and 2001 (adjusted for
inflation).
Median resale home price (Naples):
$642,905 (ranked on the lower end as one of the richest
cities in Florida) (Homes can be found for much less than
this, around $350,000)
Median home resale price (Florida):
$145,600
Typical corporate-level home
(single-family, four-bedroom, 2-½-bath, 2,200-square-foot
dwelling
with two-car garage):
N/A (for Fort Myers, Fla.)
$225,000 (for Sarasota, Fla.)
$265,000 (for St. Petersburg, Fla.)
$231,250 (for Tampa, Fla.)
$182,330 (for Miami)
Annual rent, by state (annual rent
per $10,000 of household income):
$1,755 each year (for Florida)
Transportation
Local airports include:
Collier County Airport Authority,
Marco Island, Fla.
Everglades Airpark, Everglades City,
Fla.
Immokalee Regional Airport and
Industrial Park, Immokalee, Fla.
Marco Island Executive Airport,
Naples, Fla.
Miami International Airport, Miami
Naples Airport Authority (Collier
County Airport Authority), Naples
Sarasota-Bradenton International
Airport (which services most major airlines), Sarasota,
Fla.
Sebring Regional Airport and
Industrial Park, Sebring, Fla.
St. Petersburg/Clearwater
International Airport, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Tampa International Airport, Tampa,
Fla.
Wing South Airpark, Naples
Average annual cost of automobile
insurance (for one car):
$1,686 average annually (for Naples,
Fla.)
$2,908 average annually (for Fort
Myers, Fla.)
$1,342 average annually (for
Sarasota, Fla.)
$1,870 average annually (for St.
Petersburg, Fla.)
$1,764 average annually (for Tampa,
Fla.)
$2,760 average annually (for Miami)
Average length of daily commute (one
way):
18.8 minutes average each way (for
Naples)
18.8 minutes average each way (for
Fort Myers)
16.8 minutes average each way (for
Sarasota)
19.2 minutes average each way (for
St. Petersburg)
For Fort Myers/Cape Coral, Fla.,
metropolitan statistical area (MSA) (with index weight for each
component shown as percentage):
-- Composite (100% composite index) 96.8
-- Grocery items (16%) 104.1
-- Housing (28%) 93.1
-- Utilities (8%) 99.4
-- Transportation (10%) 104.3
-- Health care (5%) 97.4
-- Miscellaneous goods and services (33%) 93.3
Taxes for Florida
Maximum personal income tax:
none.
(There is no state income tax; there are no personal
income, inheritance or gift taxes payable for Florida
residents)
If you purchase a home in Florida, you
will pay "ad valorem," or property tax based upon the just
or fair-market value of the property. Ad valorem taxes are
assessed and collected annually by the county property
appraiser.
A $25,000 homestead exemption is
available to homeowners who meet certain requirements. The
homestead exemption is available for homeowners whose home
is their primary residence.
Business
Unemployment rate (Naples)June 2003
4.9%:
Unemployment rate (Naples)June 2002:
4.6%
Unemployment rate (Florida) June
2003: 5.6%
Unemployment rate (Florida) June
2002: 5.8%
Civilians employed:
117,700
Civilians unemployed:
5,000
Projected job growth, by state
(projected employment change: 1988 through 2020):
32.9% (for Florida)
Projected income growth, by state
(projected per-capita income change: 1988 through 2020):
34.1% (for Florida)
There are 11 Fortune 500 companies
located in Florida
Health Care
Average cost of hospital room:
N/A (for Naples, Fla., specifically)
$396.90 (for Fort Myers/Cape Coral,
Fla., metropolitan statistical area, or MSA)
$448.67 (for Sarasota, Fla.)
$510.00 (for Bradenton, Fla.)
Average cost of doctor visit:
N/A (for Naples specifically)
$58.20 (for Fort Myers/Cape Coral MSA)
$56.17 (for Sarasota)
$50.80 (for Bradenton)
Average cost of dentist visit::
N/A (for Naples specifically)
$62.90 (for Fort Myers/Cape Coral MSA)
$61.40 (for Sarasota)
$69.40 (for Bradenton)
Average annual expenditure for health
care: $1,389 total each year
(for Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Fla., consolidated
metropolitan statistical area)
Average daily cost of a
community-hospital patient, by state (per $10,000 of
per-capita income): $405 (for
Florida)
Life expectancy, by state (average
lifetime in years): 74.00 years
(for Florida)
Local hospitals include:
All Children’s Hospital, St.
Petersburg, Fla.
Bayfront Medical Center, St.
Petersburg
Blake Medical Center, Bradenton, Fla.
Cape Coral Hospital, Cape Coral, Fla.
Charter Glade Hospital, Fort Myers,
Fla.
Columbia Doctors Hospital of
Sarasota, Sarasota, Fla.
East Pointe Hospital, Lehigh Acres,
Fla.
Gulf Coast Hospital, Fort Myers
Healthsouth Rehab Hospital of
Sarasota
Lakeland Regional Medical Center,
Lakeland, Fla.
Lee Memorial Hospital, Fort Myers
Marion E. Fether Medical Center
(Collier Health Services), Immokalee, Fla.
Memorial Hospital of Tampa, Fla.
Moffit Cancer Center, University of
South Florida, Tampa
Morton Plant Mease Health Care,
Clearwater, Fla.
Naples Community Hospital Healthcare
System, Naples, Fla.
North Collier Hospital (an affiliate
of Naples Community Hospital), Naples
Palms of Pasadena Hospital, St.
Petersburg
St. Petersburg General Hospital, St.
Petersburg
Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota
Southwest Florida Regional Medical
Center, Fort Myers
Tampa General Healthcare (Tampa
General Hospital), Tampa
Town & Country Hospital, Tampa
The Willough at Naples (Willough
Healthcare System), Naples
(eating disorders, depression, alcoholism and drug
abuse)
For an in-depth look at local
hospitals, click
here
Annual crime rates per 100,000 people
(2003) for Naples, Fla.:
Number of robberies: 105
Number of rapes: 29
Number of homicides: 5
Number of aggravated assaults: 215
Number of motor-vehicle thefts: 167
Naples has a Relocation Crime Lab
Index of 86, which is a somewhat lower crime rate than
the national average
[The Relocation Crime Lab Index gives
the city's crime rate relative to the average of nearly
500 total cities nationwide. A value of 100 means that the
city is exactly average. A value of 200 means that the
city has twice the crime rate as the average city. A value
of 50 means that the city has half the crime rate of the
average city. Please note that the number of crimes
reported has been adjusted to yield a rate per 100,000.
(THE RELOCATION CRIME LAB™ is derived by The Homebuyer's
Fair from data reported for 2003 by various government,
regional and local sources.)]
For information about, and
comparisons of, local schools throughout this community,
click
here
The following school information for
individual cities is provided by Home Buyer's Fair Inc.,
from data collected by National School Reporting Services
Inc.
High-school graduates, Collier County
(persons aged 25 years or older who are high-school
graduates): 87,179
College graduates, Collier County
(persons aged 25 years or older who are college graduates):
24,637
Voter turnout, by state (average
turnout in presidential elections:
: 47.9% (for Florida)
Local colleges and universities
(within 100 miles) include:
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Edison Community College (located in
Fort Myers, Punta Gorda, Naples and LaBelle, Fla.)
Florida Gulf Coast University
(Florida's newest four-year state university), Fort
Myers, Fla.
Florida Metropolitan University --
Brandon, Tampa, Fla.
Florida Metropolitan University --
Clearwater, Clearwater, Fla.
Florida Metropolitan University --
Lakehead, Lakeland, Fla.
Florida Southern College, Lakeland
International College, Naples, Fla.
Keiser College (located in Fort
Lauderdale, Daytona Beach, Melbourne, Tallahassee and
Sarasota, Fla.)
Manatee Community College, Bradenton,
Fla.
New College, of the University of
South Florida, Sarasota, Fla.
Ringling School of Art and Design
(offering bachelor’s degrees in computer animation, fine
arts, graphic design, illustration, interior design and
photography), Sarasota
Saint Leo University, Saint Leo, Fla.
South Florida Community College, Avon
Park, Fla.
Stetson University (College of Law),
St. Petersburg
Tampa Technical Institute, Tampa
University of Sarasota (offering a
mixture of distance-learning and in-residence course
work for working adults who do not wish to interrupt
their careers), Sarasota
University of South Florida --
Sarasota, Sarasota
University of South Florida, St.
Petersburg
University of South Florida -- Tampa,
Tampa
University of Tampa, Tampa
Walden University (offering "distance
learning" graduate programs for professionals), Bonita
Springs, Fla.
Webber College, Babson Park, Fla.
For more in-depth information about
local colleges and universities, visit the following link:
[Note: For more in-depth information on
restaurants, lodging, outdoor recreation, cultural
happenings, the arts or other items of local interest,
please go to the city-specific Web site(s) listed at the
end of this city’s profile]
Golf courses/holes:
1,755 (West Palm Beach/Boca Raton)
(No. 1 metropolitan area with the greatest number of
private golf holes in the U.S. in 1998)
Zoos:
Busch Gardens
-- Located at 3000 E. Busch Blvd., Tampa, Fla.
(813-987-5082 or 5250)
Lowry Park Zoo
-- Located at 7530 North Blvd., Tampa (813-935-8552)
-- Consists of 24 acres within Lowry Park, the most
utilized park in the citywide system
-- Dedicated toward providing education, conservation
and recreation, this zoo is operated by the private,
non-profit Lowry Park Zoological Society
-- Consistently ranked as one of the top three zoos of
its size in North America
-- Features the largest concentration of native Florida
wildlife exhibited in the state
-- Of the three manatee hospitals in the U.S., only the
Lowry Park Zoo Manatee Hospital and Rehabilitation
Center is a non-profit operation
The Florida Aquarium
-- Located at 701 Channelside Dr., Tampa (813-273-4020)
Miami Metrozoo
-- Located at 12400 S.W. 152nd St., Miami (305-251-0401)
-- Houses more than 700 wild animals in a cageless
environment;
large, open-air exhibits provide the ideal setting in
which visitors can experience
some of the world's most beautiful and endangered
wildlife
-- With nearly 300 developed acres on a 740-acre parcel
of land, Metrozoo is the only zoo in the continental
United States located in a subtropical climate
Palm Beach Zoo at Dreher Park
-- Located at 1301 Summit Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla.
(561-533-0887)
Parrot Jungle and Gardens
-- Located at 11000 S.W. 57th Ave., Miami (305-669-7035)
Professional sports teams:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, national
football league
Tampa Bay Devil Rays, major league
baseball
Tampa Bay Lightning, national hockey
league
Tampa Bay Mutiny, major league soccer
Tampa Bay Storm, arena football
league
Clearwater Phillies, "A" minor league
baseball
Sarasota Red Sox, "A" minor league
baseball
Florida Everblades, east coast hockey
league
Florida Marlins, major league
baseball
Miami Dolphins, national football
league
Miami Heat, national basketball
association
Florida Panthers, national hockey
league (Sunrise, Fla.)
Miami Fusion, major league soccer
Miami Matadors, east coast hockey
league
Museums for Florida:
Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture
Garden, Winter Park, Fla.
--This museum is dedicated to the life works of noted
Czech-American sculptor Albin Polasek (1879-1965).
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton,
Fla.
--Fully accredited museum, with a fine permanent
collection of more than 3,000 pieces
Civil War Soldiers Museum, Pensacola,
Fla.
--Explore 19th-century America and the lives of Civil
War soldiers who served in the great Confederate and
Union armies and navies. The museum’s 4,200 square feet
of exhibit space currently houses a diverse collection,
including one of the largest Civil-War medical
collections in the world
Florida International Museum, St.
Petersburg, Fla.
--International blockbuster exhibitions, such as
"Treasures of the Czars," "Titanic: The Exhibition" and
"Empires of Mystery"
Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin
American Art, Miami, Fla.
--Founded in 1991, this museum is dedicated to
contemporary art from Spain and Latin America, featuring
11 exhibitions each year.
Florida Museum of Natural History,
University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.
Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm
Beach, Fla.
Hibel Museum of Art, Lake Worth, Fla.
Historical Museum of Southern
Florida, Miami
International Museum of Cartoon Art,
Boca Raton, Fla.
--World's largest collection of original cartoon and
comic-strip art (more than 165,000 pieces of art)
--Founded by Mort Walker (of "Beetle Bailey" and "Hi &
Lois")
--"Peanuts" (Snoopy & Gang), "Garfield" and many more
"mainstream" cartoon and comic strips are represented at
the museum
--First and only place where Disney and Looney Tunes
characters have been "blended" within displays under one
roof
International Sport Aviation Museum (ISAM),
Lakeland, Fla.
--Plays a vital role in the advancement of aviation
technology and research
--Serves as a tribute to those who helped shape aviation
history and stands as a challange to all who follow
Liberty Bell Memorial Museum,
Melbourne, Fla.
--Centerpiece of the museum is a full-sized replica of
the Liberty Bell
--Also contains: Many copies of historical documents;
military uniforms; war memorabilia; model war planes;
war ships; and, of course, American flags of every era
of American history
--Building is a converted water tank from the 1920s
--Paintings and photos of presidents and historic events
and sites line the walls
Miami Museum of Science, Miami
Morikami Museum of Japanese Culture,
Palm Beach, Fla.
Museum of Advertising Icons, South
Florida (no specific location cited)
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona
Beach, Fla.
--Located in the heart of Florida's last remaining
coastal hammock preserve, the 50,000-square-foot
facility is one of the leading major cultural
institutions dedicated to interpreting the areas of art,
science and Florida history for Central and North
Florida audiences through a host of nationally and
internationally important permanent and changing
exhibitions and programs
Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm
Beach, Fla.
--Strong in the French and American Impressionist and
Post-Impressionist periods, Chinese artifacts, ceramics
and statuary
Norton Sculpture Garden, West Palm
Beach
The Pensacola Museum of Art,
Pensacola, Fla.
-- Offers exhibitions, classes, lectures and educational
programs
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota,
Fla.
--The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Ritter Art Gallery at Florida
Atlantic University, Delray Beach/Boca Raton, Fla.
Salvador Dali Museum, St Petersburg,
Fla.
--Contains images of 159 of Dali's works
St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts,
St. Petersburg, Fla.
--Noted for its collection of late 19th- and early
20th-century European and American collection
--Also features an active music program and continuing
educational activities for all ages
Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach,
Fla.
South Florida Science Museum, West
Palm Beach
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Fla.
(813-274-8130 or 813-274-8687)
--A fully accredited museum, celebrating its 20th
anniversary in 1999
--Offers a well-known collection of Greek and Roman
antiquities, contemporary art and photography -- those
three areas representing its core permanent collection
--Attracts 77,000 visitors annually, including 20,000
school students
--Participates in a vigorous annual schedule of
exhibitions, lectures and special events
Tequesta Lighthouse Gallery, West
Palm Beach, Fla.
Symphony orchestras:
Tampa Bay Symphony, Tampa Bay, Fla.
(performing at three locations: the Performing Arts
Center in Tampa; the Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater,
Fla.; and the Mahaffy Theater in St. Petersburg, Fla.)
Miami Symphony Orchestra, Miami
Religious
Institutions
For information about local churches or
synagogues, visit the following web sites:
