McGregor is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Florida, United States. The population was 7,976 at the 2020 census, up from 7,406 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
McGregor is located in central Lee County in an unincorporated part of the county. It is bordered to the east by Whiskey Creek, to the southeast by Cypress Lake, and to the southwest by Iona, all unincorporated. McGregor is bordered to the northwest by the tidal Caloosahatchee River, across which is the city of Cape Coral. The Cape Coral Bridge crosses the Caloosahatchee River from McGregor.
Florida State Road 867 (McGregor Boulevard) is the main road through the community. It leads northeast to the center of Fort Myers, the Lee county seat, and southwest to San Carlos Boulevard in Iona.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the McGregor CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 41.86%, are water.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, McGregor had a population of 7,976. The median age was 56.7 years. 13.1% of residents were under the age of 18 and 36.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 90.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 90.4 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 3,795 households in McGregor, of which 16.5% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 53.0% were married-couple households, 15.0% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 29.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.