Cape Coral, Florida Is the Oldest of Any City We Track (2026)

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Oldest Cities, read from the other end of our youngest cities list. Same readings, same sources, 106 cities, the 100 largest metro areas and every city we cover.

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48.6 yrsCape Coral, Florida leads with the highest median age of 106 big cities

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The top five cities median age

No. 1Cape Coral, Florida48.6 yrsmedian age
No. 2Sarasota, Florida48.2 yrsmedian age
No. 3Honolulu, Hawaii43 yrsmedian age
No. 4Melbourne, Florida42.5 yrsmedian age
No. 5Asheville, North Carolina40.7 yrsmedian age

Oldest Cities on the map

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Median age of the whole population from the American Community Survey, youngest first.

Oldest Cities, all 106

The full ranking median age

	Place	median age
1	Cape Coral, Florida	48.6 yrs
2	Sarasota, Florida	48.2 yrs
3	Honolulu, Hawaiibig city	43 yrs
4	Melbourne, Florida	42.5 yrs
5	Asheville, North Carolina	40.7 yrs
6	Daytona Beach, Florida	40.3 yrs
7	San Francisco, Californiabig city	40 yrs
8	Miami, Floridabig city	39.3 yrs
9	Lakeland, Florida	38.9 yrs
10	New Orleans, Louisianabig city	38.8 yrs
11	Portland, Oregonbig city	38.8 yrs
12	Albuquerque, New Mexicobig city	38.8 yrs
13	Boise, Idaho	38.6 yrs
14	Las Vegas, Nevadabig city	38.6 yrs
15	San Jose, Californiabig city	38.2 yrs
16	New York, New Yorkbig city	38.2 yrs
17	Poughkeepsie, New York	38.1 yrs
18	Virginia Beach, Virginiabig city	37.9 yrs
19	Vancouver, Washington	37.9 yrs
20	Portland, Maine	37.8 yrs
21	Louisville, Kentuckybig city	37.7 yrs
22	Los Angeles, Californiabig city	37.2 yrs
23	Spokane, Washington	37.2 yrs
24	Reno, Nevadabig city	37.1 yrs
25	Akron, Ohio	36.9 yrs
26	Huntsville, AL	36.9 yrs
27	St. Louis, Missouribig city	36.8 yrs
28	Bridgeport, Connecticut	36.7 yrs
29	Charleston, South Carolina	36.6 yrs
30	Jacksonville, Floridabig city	36.5 yrs
31	Jacksonville, Floridabig city	36.5 yrs
32	Chattanooga, Tennessee	36.3 yrs
33	Cleveland, Ohiobig city	36.3 yrs
34	Baltimore, Marylandbig city	36.2 yrs
35	San Diego, Californiabig city	36.2 yrs
36	Sacramento, Californiabig city	36 yrs
37	Winston-Salem, North Carolinabig city	35.9 yrs
38	Tampa, Floridabig city	35.9 yrs
39	Little Rock, Arkansas	35.9 yrs
40	Kansas City, Missouribig city	35.8 yrs
41	Toledo, Ohiobig city	35.8 yrs
42	Chicago, Illinoisbig city	35.8 yrs
43	Wichita, Kansasbig city	35.7 yrs
44	Colorado Springs, Coloradobig city	35.7 yrs
45	Birmingham, Alabama	35.6 yrs
46	Seattle, Washingtonbig city	35.6 yrs
47	Tulsa, Oklahomabig city	35.6 yrs
48	Denver, Coloradobig city	35.3 yrs
49	Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniabig city	35.3 yrs
50	Omaha, Nebraskabig city	35.3 yrs
51	Detroit, Michiganbig city	35.2 yrs
52	Orlando, Floridabig city	35.1 yrs
53	Oklahoma City, Oklahomabig city	35.1 yrs
54	Durham, North Carolinabig city	35.1 yrs
55	Phoenix, Arizonabig city	34.9 yrs
56	Washington DC, Washington, DCbig city	34.9 yrs
57	San Antonio, Texasbig city	34.9 yrs
58	Austin, Texasbig city	34.7 yrs
59	Richmond, Virginia	34.7 yrs
60	Greenville, SC	34.7 yrs
61	Raleigh, North Carolinabig city	34.7 yrs
62	Tucson, Arizonabig city	34.6 yrs
63	Des Moines, Iowa	34.6 yrs
64	Charlotte, NCbig city	34.5 yrs
65	Jackson, Mississippi	34.5 yrs
66	El Paso, Texasbig city	34.5 yrs
67	Nashville, Tennesseebig city	34.5 yrs
68	Oxnard, California	34.4 yrs
69	Houston, Texasbig city	34.4 yrs
70	Indianapolis, Indianabig city	34.3 yrs
71	Greensboro, North Carolinabig city	34.3 yrs
72	Buffalo, New Yorkbig city	34.3 yrs
73	Atlanta, Georgiabig city	34.2 yrs
74	Memphis, Tennesseebig city	34.2 yrs
75	Dayton, Ohio	34.1 yrs
76	Savannah, Georgia	34 yrs
77	Worcester, Massachusetts	33.9 yrs
78	Stockton, Californiabig city	33.9 yrs
79	Rochester, New York	33.7 yrs
80	Ogden, Utah	33.6 yrs
81	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvaniabig city	33.6 yrs
82	Riverside, Californiabig city	33.6 yrs
83	Knoxville, Tennessee	33.5 yrs
84	McAllen, Texas	33.5 yrs
85	Dallas, Texasbig city	33.4 yrs
86	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania	33.4 yrs
87	Minneapolis, Minnesotabig city	33.4 yrs
88	Boston, Massachusettsbig city	33.3 yrs
89	Columbus, Ohiobig city	33.2 yrs
90	Cincinnati, Ohiobig city	33.2 yrs
91	Allentown, Pennsylvania	33.1 yrs
92	Hartford, Connecticut	33.1 yrs
93	Salt Lake City, Utah	32.9 yrs
94	Fresno, Californiabig city	32.8 yrs
95	Providence, Rhode Island	32.8 yrs
96	Milwaukee, Wisconsinbig city	32.4 yrs
97	Grand Rapids, Michigan	32.3 yrs
98	Bakersfield, Californiabig city	32.1 yrs
99	Albany, New York	32 yrs
100	New Haven, Connecticut	31.9 yrs
101	Madison, Wisconsinbig city	31.8 yrs
102	Syracuse, New York	31.8 yrs
103	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	31.5 yrs
104	Fayetteville, Arkansas	28.8 yrs
105	Columbia, South Carolina	28.6 yrs
106	Provo, Utah	23.6 yrs

Sources and method

American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, table B01002 (via tape_readings) · 2020-2024

How we got this. Median age comes from tape_readings, which src/tape/acs-more.ts reads from the ACS 5-year table-based Summary File, table B01002. Cities and states each rank on their own list, youngest first; a retiree reads the list from the bottom. It refreshes annual.

Rankings by The Honest Local from public data, one page per list, refreshed on each source’s own cycle. Places with no reading are left out rather than estimated. Every value on this page carries its source in the page’s structured data.

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