33946Rotonda, Florida

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 33946.

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How this area ranks
Opportunity3887th of 6,210 published ZIP areas49
Housing affordability4980th of 6,685 published ZIP areas62
ClimateTop 18% of 6,789 published ZIP areas80
Physical resilience6693rd of 6,709 published ZIP areas4
Access5303rd of 6,791 published ZIP areas80
Economic stability5687th of 6,742 published ZIP areas37
The quick read

Unemployment is 5.8% and median household income $85,848, putting employment conditions in the middle range of published ZIP profiles.

Rent takes 12% of median household income here, below the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 7.7 times that income.

Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by hurricane, coastal flooding and lightning.

At a glance

Population
3,090
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$85,848
Top 31% nationally
Density
287/sq mi
10.8 sq mi of land
Median age
66.1
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Rotonda
Florida
Metro area
Punta Gorda, FL
Nearest major airport
RSW
39 mi · Southwest Florida Intl
Median home value
$660,800
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 5.8% is lower than 11% of the 6,544 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 1.2% over the past year, to 73,180 employed residents.

43% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 82% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$35,323$85,848Top 31%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$9,200$56,827Top 13%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate3.9%Bottom 14%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute21.7 minBottom 19%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher42.8%Top 18%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment73,180Top 42%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)1.9%Top 26%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-1.2%Bottom 42%June 2026
Labor force77,659Top 41%June 2026
Labor force participation31.4%Bottom 4%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$57,300Bottom 10%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$45,500Bottom 9%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)1.0%Top 5%June 2026
Unemployment rate5.8%Top 11%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202493k82k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $85,848 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Punta Gorda, FL
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Retail Salespersons2,720$34,290
Waiters and Waitresses1,780$36,360
Cashiers1,640$30,770
Fast Food and Counter Workers1,570$29,100
Registered Nurses1,430$80,410
General and Operations Managers1,380$89,820

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Rotonda, FL, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $861 takes 12% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 7.7 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
12.0%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
7.7×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$861
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$660,800
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income7.70Top 5%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate93.0%Top 12%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±4403,391Top 33%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$34$861Bottom 32%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$107,172$660,800Top 7%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income12.0%Bottom 11%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate54.6%Top 4%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →

No building-permit activity is published for this location by the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

8 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 93°F and January a low of 51°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 53.0 inches.

40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station PUNTA GORDA CHARLOTTE CO AP, 18.5 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND9.2"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation53.0"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low51°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high93°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months81991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing21°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

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Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane, coastal flooding and lightning.

HurricaneHigh
LightningModerate
WildfireModerate
Coastal floodingElevated
Cold waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: inland flooding, heat wave, strong wind, tornado, drought, earthquake, landslide, hail.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences. AreaProfile does not publish reported crime, and this is not a substitute for it — it says nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Charlotte County records 4.9 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 16.5 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 11.2 per 100,000 residents in Charlotte County.

Homicide
4.9
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
16.5
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
11.2
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
19.4
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Charlotte County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around 33946 rather than 33946 itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source for reported offences with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. What is published above under Safety is a different measurement — deaths rather than offences, from death certificates rather than police returns — and it covers no property crime at all.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

5 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 39 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Southwest Florida IntlRSW39 mi12,000 ft
Sarasota/Bradenton IntlSRQ41 mi9,500 ft
St Pete-Clearwater IntlPIE77 mi9,730 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

33946 vs Rotonda

How this ZIP area compares with Rotonda as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

33946
Rotonda
Median household income
$85,848
vs
$74,573
Per capita income
$56,827
vs
$48,160
Population density
287/sq mi
vs
971/sq mi
Median home value
$660,800
vs
$389,400
Median gross rent
$861
vs
$1,155
Homeownership rate
93.0%
vs
86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher
42.8%
vs
35.1%
Poverty rate
3.9%
vs
5.7%
Median age
66.1
vs
68.2

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.