Best ZIP Codes for Cash Flow in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL (2026)

Ranked by cap rate — the annual return on the purchase price before financing. ZIPs that also clear the 1% rule are marked.

# ZIP City Home value Rent Cap rate 5-yr growth
1 33916 Fort Myers, FL $212,189 $1,665 6.12% 4.3%
2 33976 Lehigh Acres, FL $284,153 $2,053 5.64% 4.9%
3 33903 North Fort Myers, FL $227,163 $1,630 5.60% 1.5%
4 33907 Fort Myers, FL $201,118 $1,400 5.43% 1.8%
5 33936 Lehigh Acres, FL $237,632 $1,651 5.42% 5.8%
6 33971 Lehigh Acres, FL $285,975 $1,986 5.42% 4.5%
7 33919 Fort Myers, FL $245,004 $1,657 5.28% 1.8%
8 33974 Lehigh Acres, FL $285,296 $1,922 5.26% 6.1%
9 33905 Fort Myers, FL $282,900 $1,828 5.04% 3.6%
10 33972 Lehigh Acres, FL $309,197 $1,972 4.97% 5.4%
11 33909 Cape Coral, FL $295,740 $1,867 4.92% 3.1%
12 33956 Saint James City, FL $430,303 $2,646 4.80% 2.2%
13 33967 Fort Myers, FL $356,068 $2,170 4.75% 3.9%
14 33993 Cape Coral, FL $327,791 $1,985 4.72% 3.2%
15 33973 Lehigh Acres, FL $274,432 $1,643 4.67% 3.6%
16 33901 Fort Myers, FL $259,784 $1,543 4.63% 2.8%
17 33990 Cape Coral, FL $324,077 $1,915 4.61% 1.8%
18 33908 Fort Myers, FL $321,709 $1,895 4.59% 1.3%
19 33917 North Fort Myers, FL $292,090 $1,668 4.45% 2.8%
20 33904 Cape Coral, FL $339,673 $1,878 4.31% 1.1%
21 33966 Fort Myers, FL $336,022 $1,777 4.12% 4.1%
22 33912 Fort Myers, FL $376,999 $1,938 4.01% 3.6%
23 33928 Estero, FL $474,706 $2,437 4.00% 4.8%
24 34134 Bonita Springs, FL $634,444 $3,253 4.00% 3.1%
25 34135 Bonita Springs, FL $458,395 $2,353 4.00% 4.8%

Ranked from Repit’s own ZIP-level data — Zillow home values and rents, HUD fair-market rents where Zillow has no coverage, and U.S. Census vacancy. Cap rate is gross: annual rent over purchase price, before financing and expenses. Every ZIP above links to its full free page. How we calculate this →