Coconut Creek vs Margate

A side-by-side comparison of Coconut Creek and Margate: population, income, housing, and more.

Coconut Creek and Margate are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Margate has the higher population (58,418 vs 57,587 in Coconut Creek). Coconut Creek has the higher median household income ($75,516 vs $60,852 in Margate). Coconut Creek has the higher median home value ($291,000 vs $286,200 in Margate).

Population, income & housing

	Coconut Creek	Margate
Population	57,587	58,418
Median age	42.8 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,516	$60,852
Median home value	$291,000	$286,200
Median gross rent	$2,011	$1,662
Housing units	27,155	27,002
Homeownership rate	64.9%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coconut Creek	Margate
Population	60,490 → 57,587 (-4.8%)	58,023 → 58,418 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$62,973 → $75,516 (+19.9%)	$45,594 → $60,852 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$192,500 → $291,000 (+51.2%)	$183,800 → $286,200 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,664 → $2,011 (+20.9%)	$1,311 → $1,662 (+26.8%)

Coconut Creek

Population

60,49057,587

Median household income

$62,973$75,516

Median home value

$192,500$291,000

Median gross rent

$1,664$2,011

Margate

Population

58,02358,418

Median household income

$45,594$60,852

Median home value

$183,800$286,200

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,662

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coconut Creek	Margate
Under 5	5.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	15.2%
75 and over	9.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coconut Creek	Margate
White (non-Hispanic)	46.4%	30.0%
Black or African American	15.7%	32.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	1.6%
Two or more races	5.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	27.5%	26.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coconut Creek	Margate
No high school diploma	6.7%	12.3%
High school graduate	25.7%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coconut Creek	Margate
Drove alone	74.4%	74.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.6%
Public transit	0.9%	3.1%
Walked	0.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.9%	10.1%
Other means	1.1%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coconut Creek	Margate
1-unit, detached	28.2%	44.5%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	23.2%	14.1%
20 or more units	28.0%	24.3%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Coconut Creek	Margate
Poverty rate	10.9%	11.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1989	1978