Dania Beach vs Lauderdale Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Dania Beach and Lauderdale Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lauderdale Lakes has the higher population (35,924 vs 31,739 in Dania Beach). Dania Beach has the higher median household income ($50,948 vs $44,333 in Lauderdale Lakes). Dania Beach has the higher median home value ($296,100 vs $203,100 in Lauderdale Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Dania Beach	Lauderdale Lakes
Population	31,739	35,924
Median age	42.5 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,948	$44,333
Median home value	$296,100	$203,100
Median gross rent	$1,636	$1,518
Housing units	16,777	15,776
Homeownership rate	47.2%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dania Beach	Lauderdale Lakes
Population	32,008 → 31,739 (-0.8%)	35,606 → 35,924 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$47,135 → $50,948 (+8.1%)	$35,532 → $44,333 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$194,700 → $296,100 (+52.1%)	$119,800 → $203,100 (+69.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,371 → $1,636 (+19.3%)	$1,120 → $1,518 (+35.5%)

Dania Beach

Population

32,00831,739

Median household income

$47,135$50,948

Median home value

$194,700$296,100

Median gross rent

$1,371$1,636

Lauderdale Lakes

Population

35,60635,924

Median household income

$35,532$44,333

Median home value

$119,800$203,100

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,518

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dania Beach	Lauderdale Lakes
Under 5	5.3%	8.2%
5 to 17	12.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.8%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.6%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	11.2%
75 and over	7.4%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dania Beach	Lauderdale Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	42.0%	6.5%
Black or African American	19.0%	82.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	33.1%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dania Beach	Lauderdale Lakes
No high school diploma	9.0%	20.1%
High school graduate	29.1%	35.0%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dania Beach	Lauderdale Lakes
Drove alone	70.8%	74.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	11.0%
Public transit	3.4%	7.4%
Walked	1.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	2.8%
Other means	3.3%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dania Beach	Lauderdale Lakes
1-unit, detached	23.8%	25.3%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	7.0%
20 or more units	24.0%	58.1%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Dania Beach	Lauderdale Lakes
Poverty rate	18.2%	23.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1977	1976