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Iona, 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 Iona, Lee County, Florida

Iona, in Lee County, had 16,908 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $66,827 a year and half less, against $76,107 across Lee County; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 72% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 28% 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 shops, then restaurants and hotels.

People 16,908 in the 2020 census; median age 68.6
Household income $66,827 the median, give or take $5,244 · Lee County: $76,107
Unemployment 5.2% Lee County, August 2026; 4.7% a year before
Homes 72% lived in by their owners; 28% rented
  • 7,262households
  • 39%of adults have a degree
  • 8%below the poverty line
  • 26 mintypical commute
  • 25%work from home

What residents work in

  • Shops (retail)18%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment16%
  • Professional and business services16%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care15%
  • Banks, insurance and property10%
  • Building trades9%

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, 92° and 75° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 75° 54° F M A M J J A 92° 75° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 75° and 54°; warmest in August, 92° and 75° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J 75° 54° F M A M J J A 92° 75° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 75° and lows near 54°; warmest in August, with highs near 92° and lows near 75°. About 57 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Fort Myers Page Field Airport weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Iona

  1. Gulf Harbour Golf & Country ClubGolf and country clubs161
  2. TargetDiscount department stores139
  3. Publix Super MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores136
  4. Publix Super MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores106
  5. Executive Management Services - Fort Myers, FL/SWCustodial services54
  6. Evergreen Senior LivingAssisted living53
  7. Goodwill Industries of Southwest FloridaThrift shops, used merchandise24

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 673 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. HurricanesVery high
  2. LightningRelatively high
  3. Coastal floodingRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Iona’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.