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Cape Coral City Intelligence

Cape Coral is a Southwest Florida city in the Fort Myers metro with construction, services, and healthcare employment, canal-network and highway access, rising housing costs, and hurricane and coastal-flooding adaptation context. Cape Coral is a north america city of about ~830K metro in United States. On the composite city-intelligence score, Cape Coral sits at an early stage relative to the indexed set (56/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~830K metro
View of Cape Coral, United States

Image credit: Image: Ray Hennessy rayhennessy / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Overall score

Use the Cape Coral profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy planning, and climate resilience alongside Tampa, Miami, and Orlando.

Overall56/100
Affordability50/100
Air quality62/100
Energy52/100

Overall city intelligence

Constrained

56/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Cape Coral data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Cape Coral city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score56/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living50/100Cape Coral's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality62/100Cape Coral's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy52/100Cape Coral's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety47/100Cape Coral's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed54/100Cape Coral's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk38/100Cape Coral's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience38/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety75/100
Low crime77/100
Personal safety78/100
Night safety71/100
Road safety73/100

Cape Coral is estimated to be a generally safe city (75/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life80/100
Healthcare84/100
Education86/100
Green space81/100
Cleanliness83/100
Infrastructure88/100
Mobility65/100

Cape Coral has a very high quality-of-life estimate (80/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness78/100
Education86/100
Green space81/100
Overall safety75/100

Cape Coral scores high for family living (78/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability67/100
Walkability68/100
Cycling58/100
Infrastructure88/100

Cape Coral is moderate for remote workers (67/100), based on connectivity, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability74/100
Healthcare84/100
Cleanliness83/100
Outdoor lifestyle48/100

Cape Coral is high for retirement (74/100), appealing for healthcare access, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Cape Coral

Local public safety guidance for Cape Coral, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
United States emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
Universal emergency91124/7911 reaches police, fire, and emergency medical dispatch across the United States.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Cape Coral, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the United States emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Cape Coral

Healthcare context for Cape Coral, with national-level information from United States where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Verified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Cape Coral, see the United States healthcare profile.

Official hospital registry

Medicare Care Compare

Federal directory for comparing Medicare-certified hospitals, nursing homes, and other care providers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Healthcare sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Cape Coral

Local mobility context for Cape Coral, with national-level context from United States where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Verified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Cape Coral, see the United States transport profile.

Transport sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Cape Coral. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Cape Coral

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Cape Coral will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Cape Coral air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Cape Coral modules

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Cost of Living in Cape Coral

Cape Coral's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Cape Coral

Cape Coral's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Cape Coral

Cape Coral's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Cape Coral

Cape Coral's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Cape Coral

Cape Coral's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Cape Coral

Cape Coral's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Cape Coral

Cost of living estimates for Cape Coral — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Cape Coral

Climate profile for Cape Coral — Humid Subtropical climate, annual average 23.2°C, comfort score 69/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Visual guide to Cape Coral

Source-attributed visual context for Cape Coral using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Cape Coral

Weekend trip planning checklist for Cape Coral — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Cape Coral

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Cape Coral

Estimate a monthly budget for Cape Coral using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Cape Coral

Plan a trip budget for Cape Coral using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Cape Coral

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Cape Coral. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Naples, United States

Same region · about 56 km from Cape Coral. Explore Naples's city intelligence profile.

Tampa, United States

Same region · about 154 km from Cape Coral. Explore Tampa's city intelligence profile.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Cape Coral — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Cape Coral profile to compare affordability, air quality, energy planning, and climate resilience alongside Tampa, Miami, and Orlando. Its standout dimensions are air quality (62/100) and internet speed (54/100). The area most worth watching is climate risk (38/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the United States country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Cape Coral appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.