Facts about Marco Island Florida
Marco Island is a great place to live in sunny Southwest Florida. It is the largest of Florida’s legendary Ten Thousand Islands chain running from Everglades City in the north to Flamingo to the south, the 6800 acre Marco has quite an array of natural attractions to keep homeowners enamored with the community for a lifetime.
Part of the Wilderness Waterway, Marco Island’s varied animal life alone is astounding. There are gigantic mounds of sand, forests of pine trees, fields and pristine sandy beaches, and a mangrove swamp. Burrowing owls inhabit the island–in fact, bird watchers say that the island is the only one in the Ten Thousand Islands eco-system to host these unique owls.
The city provides a full range of services for residents, with an excellent school system and infrastructure. One can find numerous activities on Marco Island, including scuba diving, kayaking, water skiing, fishing, and more. There are even archaeological excavations that are thousands of years old from indian tribes, such as the Calusa Indian burial mound and the famous “Marco Cat” found at the Frank Cushing Archaeological Site.
The uniquely habitable island was home to 14,879 residents in the 2000 census, but census data to be released on December 21, 2010 is expected to show significant growth in that number. The boom in real estate in the new millennium led to economic and population growth from the Naples, Florida metro area, with many gorgeous homes commissioned during that period. With the housing price pullback that followed, bargain hunters have found exclusive Marco Island real estate parcels that are priced very attractively. In fact, Marco Island condos and foreclosures represent some of the best bargains on the Multiple Listing Service.
Prices on Marco Island homes at the time of this writing range from $69,900 for a 460 s.f. condo to $10,500,000 for a 11,000+ s.f. luxurious estate. There are numerous waterfront properties on the island, many with private docks for easy access to the peaceful Gulf of Mexico waters.
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