What is the median rent in Punta Rassa, FL?

Name: Median rent in Punta Rassa, FL, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Punta Rassa, FL is $2,771 (±$264) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 486 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Punta Rassa, the median gross rent went from $3,015 in 2015–2019 to $2,771 in 2020–2024 (−8.1%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it fell after inflation as well.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $2,771 (±$264)
Rented homes: 486 (±136)
$2,000 or more: 91.4%
Since 2015–2019: −8.1%

How much rent costs in Punta Rassa

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Punta Rassa	Lee County	Florida	United States
Less than $500	2.3% (±3.5 points)	2.6%	3.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	0.0% (±10.2 points)	6.9%	10.7%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	0.0% (±10.2 points)	25.2%	26.0%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	6.4% (±6.2 points)	35.9%	28.8%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	28.2% (±12.7 points)	18.0%	17.4%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	24.3% (±13.3 points)	6.4%	7.2%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	38.9% (±13.7 points)	5.0%	6.3%	6.8%

The most common range is $3,000 or more, paid by 38.9% of renting households.

91.4% of rented homes in Punta Rassa cost $2,000 or more a month.

Punta Rassa against Lee County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Punta Rassa	Lee County	Florida	United States
Median gross rent	$2,771 (±$264)	$1,712 (±$17)	$1,669 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	486 (±136)	80,787 (±2,351)	2,716,443 (±16,958)	42,849,984

In Punta Rassa, median gross rent is higher than in Lee County ($1,712).

It is also higher than in Florida ($1,669).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Lee County, Punta Rassa ranks 2 of 32 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 24 of 793.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Punta Rassa has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$3,015 (±$509)	$2,771 (±$264)	−8.1%	Down after inflation
Households that rent	60.1% (±9.3 points)	63.9% (±9.3 points)	+3.8 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	8.5% (±8.8 points)	0.0% (±9.5 points)	−8.5 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Punta Rassa

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Punta Rassa
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Punta Rassa	—	$2,771 (±$264)	—
Iona	2.8 mi	$1,913 (±$132)	Lower
Harlem Heights	4.7 mi	$1,478 (±$210)	Lower
St. James City	6.8 mi	$2,829 (±$346)	Not measurably different
Cypress Lake	6.9 mi	$1,756 (±$98)	Lower
McGregor	7.0 mi	$1,762 (±$133)	Lower
Sanibel	7.2 mi	$811 (±$111)	Lower
Fort Myers Beach	7.3 mi	$1,836 (±$174)	Lower
Whiskey Creek	8.6 mi	$1,814 (±$135)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Iona, FL ($1,913), Harlem Heights, FL ($1,478), Cypress Lake, FL ($1,756).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Lee County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	St. James City	$2,829 (±$346)
2	Punta Rassa	$2,771 (±$264)
3	Burnt Store Marina	$2,393 (±$2,356)
4	Buckingham	$2,196 (±$227)
5	Olga	$2,129 (±$810)
6	Lochmoor Waterway Estates	$2,014 (±$299)
7	Estero	$1,920 (±$104)
8	Iona	$1,913 (±$132)

Showing 8 of 32 places in Lee County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Punta Rassa is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Punta Rassa

What is the average rent in Punta Rassa, FL?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Punta Rassa is $2,771 (±$264) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Punta Rassa?

In Punta Rassa, the median gross rent went from $3,015 in 2015–2019 to $2,771 in 2020–2024 (−8.1%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it fell after inflation as well.

How many rentals in Punta Rassa cost more than $2,000 a month?

91.4% of rented homes in Punta Rassa have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 2.3% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Punta Rassa higher than in Lee County?

In Punta Rassa, median gross rent is higher than in Lee County ($1,712).

It is also higher than in Florida ($1,669).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Punta Rassa CDP, Florida (place:59250, in state:12).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.