Rank

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Collier, Florida

Score 6.75 / 10· population 404,310

Collier County holds Naples and, just south of it, Marco Island, along nearly 30 miles of Gulf beaches in Southwest Florida. During Hurricane Ian in 2022, the tide gauge on Naples Pier read 6.18 feet above average high tide before waves or debris wrecked it; 33 buildings countywide were destroyed and over 3,500 took major damage. Half of residents are older than 53.3, and 76.6% of households own their home (2020-2024 Census estimates).

Sources
  • Naples and Marco Island are in Collier County (county site: 'Enjoy Naples, Marco Island, and the Everglades') collier.gov
  • Naples is in Southwest Florida on the Gulf; Marco Island is just south of Naples; nearly 30 miles of white-sand beaches paradisecoast.com
  • Hurricane Ian (2022): the NOS tide gauge on Naples Pier measured 6.18 ft above MHHW (mean higher high water) before the station was destroyed by wave action or debris; in Collier County 33 buildings were destroyed and over 3,500 sustained major damage nhc.noaa.gov
  • Median age 53.3; 76.6% of housing units occupied by their owner (Data USA labels these '2024') datausa.io
  • ACS 2024 5-year release (years 2020-2024), Collier County: median age 53.3; 127,058 of 165,875 occupied housing units owner-occupied (76.6%), matching Data USA's figures api.censusreporter.org

v4 — beta, 30 October 2026, sourced values

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)7.6
  2. 2A (state)8.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President6.7
  4. Sales tax4.5
  5. Property tax7.1

Environment

  1. Air quality5.7
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.0

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate8.8
  2. Life expectancy10.0
  3. Government employees8.6
  4. Single-parent households4.2

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