Home values, rents and more in Sanibel, FL
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How Sanibel compares
The typical home in Sanibel, FL is worth about $805,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Sanibel are 2.4 times the typical value in the Cape Coral metro area ($334,000) and 2.2 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in Sanibel were flat, compared with −3.5% in the Cape Coral metro area and +1.2% nationally.
The median household income is $108,644, against $76,107 in the Cape Coral metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 6,418 people live in Sanibel (American Community Survey 2020–24).
Sanibel has the 2nd-highest typical home value of the 12 cities in the Cape Coral metro area and the 39th-highest of 496 in Florida with Zillow figures.
Part of: Lee County, FL · Cape Coral metro area · Florida
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.