Lely Resort is a census-designated place (CDP) in Collier County, Florida, United States. The population was 7,619 at the 2020 census, up from 4,646 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Naples–Marco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History and development
Lely Resort was named after Cornelius van der Lely, a Dutch inventor. He bought around 25,000 acres of undeveloped land in 1972 with a plan to develop a community with more than 10,500 homes. Although three planned golf courses were built in 1990, 1991 and 1997, the development stalled until Stock Development purchased 340 acres in the southern half of Lely Resort in 2001.
Geography
Lely Resort is located in western Collier County. It is bordered to the southwest by U.S. Route 41, to the west by Naples Manor, to the northwest by Lely, and to the east by Verona Walk. Downtown Naples is to the northwest.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Lely Resort CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 6.21%, is water.
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2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Lely Resort had a population of 7,619. The median age was 61.9 years. 10.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 44.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 91.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 90.3 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 3,721 households in Lely Resort, of which 12.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 52.5% were married-couple households, 16.2% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 1,754 families residing in the CDP.
!Race
!Number
!Percentage
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|White (NH)
|5,380
|70.61%
|-
|Black or African American (NH)
|821
|10.78%
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|Native American or Alaska Native (NH)
|6
|0.08%
|-
|Asian (NH)
|97
|1.27%
|-
|Some Other Race (NH)
|20
|0.26%
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|Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH)
|141
|1.85%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino
|1,154
|15.15%
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|Total
|7,619
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2000 census
At the 2000 census,