Cooper City vs Parkland

A side-by-side comparison of Cooper City and Parkland: population, income, housing, and more.

Cooper City and Parkland are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Parkland has the higher population (35,799 vs 34,166 in Cooper City). Parkland has the higher median household income ($200,156 vs $122,565 in Cooper City). Parkland has the higher median home value ($896,300 vs $555,800 in Cooper City).

Population, income & housing

	Cooper City	Parkland
Population	34,166	35,799
Median age	40.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$122,565	$200,156
Median home value	$555,800	$896,300
Median gross rent	$2,392	$3,306
Housing units	11,522	11,316
Homeownership rate	83.8%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.5%	67.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooper City	Parkland
Population	35,556 → 34,166 (-3.9%)	31,454 → 35,799 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$106,795 → $122,565 (+14.8%)	$154,844 → $200,156 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$378,100 → $555,800 (+47.0%)	$611,800 → $896,300 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,875 → $2,392 (+27.6%)	$2,439 → $3,306 (+35.5%)

Cooper City

Population

35,55634,166

Median household income

$106,795$122,565

Median home value

$378,100$555,800

Median gross rent

$1,875$2,392

Parkland

Population

31,45435,799

Median household income

$154,844$200,156

Median home value

$611,800$896,300

Median gross rent

$2,439$3,306

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cooper City	Parkland
Under 5	5.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.9%	24.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	6.6%
35 to 44	15.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.6%
75 and over	4.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooper City	Parkland
White (non-Hispanic)	48.9%	56.6%
Black or African American	7.4%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	7.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	1.2%
Two or more races	5.2%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	30.4%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooper City	Parkland
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.5%
High school graduate	17.1%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.7%	33.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooper City	Parkland
Drove alone	71.8%	57.7%
Carpooled	11.2%	9.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	14.2%	30.5%
Other means	2.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooper City	Parkland
1-unit, detached	73.5%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	17.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	4.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Cooper City	Parkland
Poverty rate	5.0%	4.0%
Average household size	3.09	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1987	2005