Dania Beach vs Oakland Park

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

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

Oakland Park has the higher population (44,015 vs 31,739 in Dania Beach). Oakland Park has the higher median household income ($68,424 vs $50,948 in Dania Beach). Oakland Park has the higher median home value ($352,600 vs $296,100 in Dania Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Dania Beach	Oakland Park
Population	31,739	44,015
Median age	42.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,948	$68,424
Median home value	$296,100	$352,600
Median gross rent	$1,636	$1,645
Housing units	16,777	19,193
Homeownership rate	47.2%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dania Beach	Oakland Park
Population	32,008 → 31,739 (-0.8%)	44,699 → 44,015 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$47,135 → $50,948 (+8.1%)	$51,377 → $68,424 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$194,700 → $296,100 (+52.1%)	$214,600 → $352,600 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,371 → $1,636 (+19.3%)	$1,224 → $1,645 (+34.4%)

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

Oakland Park

Population

44,69944,015

Median household income

$51,377$68,424

Median home value

$214,600$352,600

Median gross rent

$1,224$1,645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dania Beach	Oakland Park
Under 5	5.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.8%
25 to 34	16.8%	14.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	16.4%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.4%
75 and over	7.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dania Beach	Oakland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	42.0%	32.5%
Black or African American	19.0%	27.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	33.1%	33.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dania Beach	Oakland Park
No high school diploma	9.0%	12.7%
High school graduate	29.1%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dania Beach	Oakland Park
Drove alone	70.8%	68.0%
Carpooled	7.3%	11.8%
Public transit	3.4%	4.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.8%	11.5%
Other means	3.3%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dania Beach	Oakland Park
1-unit, detached	23.8%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	17.1%
20 or more units	24.0%	23.1%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Dania Beach	Oakland Park
Poverty rate	18.2%	12.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1977	1972