West Bay Club is a gated community of 482 homes in Estero, built around The Bay House — the main clubhouse with dining, a fitness center and a resort-style pool. Day to day, the nearest golf course, West Bay Beach & Golf Club, is about 0.3 miles straight-line from the community's center; the nearest library, South County Regional Library, is about 3 miles away; the nearest hospital, Lee Health Coconut Point, about 2.9 miles.
Amenities — private club and community amenities centered on the Bay House (amenity list compiled from West Bay Club's community/club materials and market descriptions, so confirm current amenities and membership terms with the club/association) — include The Bay House — the main clubhouse with dining, a fitness center and a resort-style pool, an 18-hole golf course (West Bay Golf Club), a private Gulf-front beach club on Little Hickory Island near Bonita Beach, Har-Tru tennis courts, the Aqua Cafe poolside dining spot, a fishing pier and boat access toward Estero Bay, a gated entry.
On paper, the community sits in evacuation zone A. The average assessed just value across its 570 residential parcels was $1,153,016 in the county's 2026 roll.
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Live status from the National Weather Service and NOAA, each item stamped with the time it was checked; anything past its freshness window is removed rather than shown as current. In an approaching storm, rely on official channels first: Lee County Emergency Management ↗.
This is county map data with a retrieval date — not a flood determination for insurance or lending purposes. Confirm your parcel with the official county lookup or your insurer.
Home & property numbers
Residential parcels
Lee County Property Appraiser · Aug 2026
570
Average assessed just value
2026 county roll
$1,153,016
An assessment figure — not a market price or appraisal.
Homes built
Property Appraiser · Aug 2026
1990–2024
Parcel min/max — outlying parcels can widen the range.
Property tax rate
Lee County Property Appraiser · 2025 Millage Book
13.0214–13.2005 mills
Across 2 taxing districts — most parcels (569) are district 316 at 13.0214 mills. Per $1,000 of taxable value; excludes non-ad-valorem assessments.
CDD & bill assessments
Lee County Tax Collector · sampled 2025 bill
None
No community-development-district assessment on the sampled 2025 bill. Non-ad-valorem items: Lee County Solid Waste Assessment $366.39. Amounts vary by lot and home — never a quote.
Area household income
U.S. Census · 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
$75,982–$159,199
Median household income, measured across 3 surrounding census tracts — an area wider than the community itself.
Recent sales
Lee County parcel roll · trailing 12 months
$1,478,750 median
Across 34 recorded arm's-length home sales in the last 12 months — most recent sale per home, qualified sale types (Florida DOR codes 01–02), residential parcels only. Recorded prices, not an appraisal, value estimate or list price.
Recorded sale prices · last 12 months
Median $1,478,750
$485,000 low$3,000,000 high
34 sales · FL DOR codes 01–02 · retrieved Aug 20 2026
Recorded prices, not an appraisal — and not a valuation of any one home.
Build era
1990 — 2024
1980200020202030
Parcel min/max · Property Appraiser · Aug 20 2026
An era band — the earliest and latest build years on record. It says nothing about how many homes went up when.
Census tracts cover an area wider than the community’s own boundary.
What it costs to live here
A worked annual example — the shape of a bill here, not a quote for any home.
Property taxes$14,975per year
Worked example — 13.0214 mills (the district most parcels are in) on a $1,150,000 rounded assessed value before exemptions (from the community’s average just value). Your own bill moves with exemptions and assessment caps.
2025 Millage Book · district 316 · Village of Estero / Estero Fire
CDD & bill assessments$366.39per year
No CDD; other non-ad-valorem items on the sampled 2025 bill total $366.39.
Tax Collector · sampled 2025 bill
Association feesNot published
West Bay Club does not publish a fee schedule. Confirm the current amount with the HOA office before you close.
What the worked year is made of
$15,341 a year · this worked example
Property tax (13.0214 mills)97.6%$14,974.61
Lee County Solid Waste Assessment2.4%$366.39
Millage Book 2025 · sampled 2025 bill
Association fees are not published here, so they are absent from this bar rather than estimated into it. Varies by lot and home; never a quote.
County roll math, one sampled tax bill and each association’s own published figures — we publish fee amounts only from official documents; amounts change annually and vary by home and exemptions. Never a quote, never tax advice.
Golf & recreation
Golf is next door — West Bay Beach & Golf Club sits 0.3 miles from the community's center, and two more clubs sit within 1.4 miles.
Reported at a sampled in-community address — availability varies parcel to parcel.
Service-territory map data (checked Aug 2026) — the provider serving the area, not a guarantee of connection for any individual parcel. Confirm service and rates with the provider before relying on them.
Dates that matter in Lee County
Homestead exemption
Apply by March 1
You must own and occupy the home as your permanent residence as of January 1 to claim it for that tax year; buy after January 1 and you file for the following year.
Early-payment discounts: 4% in November, 3% December, 2% January, 1% February; a deadline landing on a weekend or holiday extends to the next business day.
County and state dates — the same for every Lee County community, each linked to its official source (checked Aug 2026).
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The six things worth doing in your first week, in the order they matter.
1. Utilities
Set up electric, water and sewer — providers and phone numbers are listed above.
2. Trash day
Monday & Tuesday · Waste Management / Waste Pro — carts out the night before.
3. Homestead
If you own and occupy the home as your permanent residence as of January 1, file for the homestead exemption by March 1; buy later in the year and you file for the following year — Lee County Property Appraiser ↗.
4. License & vehicle
Update your driver license and vehicle registration to your new address — FLHSMV ↗.
Every link goes to the official government source (checked Aug 2026).
HOA & community contacts
Partly pending verification
Association
West Bay Club Community Association, Inc.
Verified Aug 20 2026
Management
Resident-governed with an on-site office at 4600 West Bay Blvd, Estero (registered agent Joy Skelton at the community office); no third-party management company is named in the public record
Sunbiz document number
N98000001010
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Questions residents ask
Is West Bay Club gated?
Yes — Lee County records list it as a gated community.
What evacuation zone is West Bay Club in?
Zone A, per Lee County Emergency Management (checked August 2026). Always confirm your exact address on the county's official lookup before a storm. Check your address ↗
What day is trash pickup in West Bay Club?
Monday & Tuesday, per the county's collection map (checked August 2026).
What county commission district represents West Bay Club?
District 3 — Commissioner David Mulicka, per Lee County GIS (checked August 2026).
Who built West Bay Club?
West Bay Club is a gated golf-and-bay community in the Village of Estero, developed beginning in the late 1990s (the West Bay Club Community Association was organized in 1998) with homes by several builders across neighborhoods such as Riverbrooke, Indigo Shores and Turtle Pointe. The Lee County GIS boundary records about 480 platted residential units across the mapped neighborhoods; the club describes a larger total across all of its villages. There is no community development district on the tax bill — the sampled 2025 bill carries only a Lee County Solid Waste assessment (Lee County GIS, the sampled 2025 tax bill, and West Bay Club materials, checked August 2026).
Is golf included when you buy in West Bay Club?
West Bay Club is a private bundled-amenity community, so a home purchase includes membership in the West Bay Club Community Association with access to the community's amenities (the Bay House, tennis, fitness, the Aqua Cafe and the private Gulf-front beach club). Exactly what level of golf and beach-club access is included, and any separate golf dues or fees, depends on the current membership plan — confirm the current membership structure and golf terms directly with the club (West Bay Club materials, checked August 2026).
Is West Bay Club in a flood zone?
Its mapped flood features break down as 64% zone AE (high-risk area), 18% zone X (outside the high-risk area), 18% zone X (shaded) (reduced-risk area). That's county map data — not a flood determination for insurance or lending purposes — so check your parcel on the official lookup.
