Coral Springs vs Fort Lauderdale

A side-by-side comparison of Coral Springs and Fort Lauderdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Coral Springs and Fort Lauderdale are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Lauderdale has the higher population (183,032 vs 133,962 in Coral Springs). Coral Springs has the higher median household income ($90,643 vs $79,935 in Fort Lauderdale). Coral Springs has the higher median home value ($502,700 vs $455,600 in Fort Lauderdale).

Population, income & housing

	Coral Springs	Fort Lauderdale
Population	133,962	183,032
Median age	36.9 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,643	$79,935
Median home value	$502,700	$455,600
Median gross rent	$1,951	$1,776
Housing units	47,277	101,234
Homeownership rate	60.0%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coral Springs	Fort Lauderdale
Population	132,568 → 133,962 (+1.1%)	180,124 → 183,032 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$77,360 → $90,643 (+17.2%)	$59,450 → $79,935 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$354,100 → $502,700 (+42.0%)	$334,000 → $455,600 (+36.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,532 → $1,951 (+27.3%)	$1,293 → $1,776 (+37.4%)

Coral Springs

Population

132,568133,962

Median household income

$77,360$90,643

Median home value

$354,100$502,700

Median gross rent

$1,532$1,951

Fort Lauderdale

Population

180,124183,032

Median household income

$59,450$79,935

Median home value

$334,000$455,600

Median gross rent

$1,293$1,776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coral Springs	Fort Lauderdale
Under 5	6.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.9%	12.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	11.5%
75 and over	4.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coral Springs	Fort Lauderdale
White (non-Hispanic)	35.1%	45.2%
Black or African American	23.5%	28.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	30.4%	20.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coral Springs	Fort Lauderdale
No high school diploma	5.7%	10.2%
High school graduate	23.8%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coral Springs	Fort Lauderdale
Drove alone	75.1%	66.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.4%
Public transit	0.7%	2.6%
Walked	1.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.2%	17.5%
Other means	2.4%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coral Springs	Fort Lauderdale
1-unit, detached	49.1%	34.6%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	12.2%
20 or more units	14.0%	36.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Coral Springs	Fort Lauderdale
Poverty rate	8.3%	15.2%
Average household size	2.99	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1987	1972