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Gateway, Florida.

A community in Lee County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Lee County’s.

Living in Gateway, Lee County, Florida

Gateway, in Lee County, had 10,376 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $107,484 a year and half less, against $76,107 across Lee County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 85% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 15% are rented. Unemployment in Lee County was 5.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 10,376 in the 2020 census
Household income $107,484 the median, give or take $9,985 · Lee County: $76,107
Unemployment 5.2% Lee County, August 2026; 4.7% a year before
Homes 85% lived in by their owners; 15% rented
  • 4,342households
  • 48%of adults have a degree
  • 4%below the poverty line
  • 31 mintypical commute
  • 23%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Professional and business services11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment11%
  • Banks, insurance and property7%
  • Media and telecoms7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lee County had 301,860 jobs in 2025, 0.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 75° and 54°; warmest in August, 91° and 76° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 75° 54° F M A M J J A 91° 76° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 75° and 54°; warmest in August, 91° and 76° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 75° 54° F M A M J J A 91° 76° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 75° and lows near 54°; warmest in August, with highs near 91° and lows near 76°. About 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Fort Myers Southwest Fl Regional Airport weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Gateway

  1. VITAS HealthcareHospice care services, in home319
  2. Charter Schools USA at Lehigh AcresElementary and secondary schools210
  3. CintasIndustrial launderers102
  4. Owen-Ames-Kimball CoCommercial building construction general contractors80
  5. Otis Elevator Company-SarasotaElevator/escalator-installation, modernization, maintenance, service, and repair78
  6. CintasPlumbing heating and air conditioning contractors53
  7. Automatic Data ProcessingAutomated data processing services41
  8. Interior Logic GroupFabrication countertops40

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 10 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 981 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesRelatively high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. WildfireRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Gateway’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Lee County.