- December 13, 2025
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Take that, Mickey.
More people have moved to the Cape Coral-Fort Myers area than Orlando, both over the past year and since 2010, a new study shows. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, in total, ranks seventh among the 100 biggest metro areas nationwide for on-the-move migration status, according to the new survey from LawnStarter, a lawn care concierge startup.
The study used data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2014 American Community Survey. To find the top on-the-move cities, the study evenly weighed two data points: percentage of owners who moved into their homes in 2010 or later and percentage of residents who moved into the city within the past year.