Deerfield Beach vs Plantation

A side-by-side comparison of Deerfield Beach and Plantation: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plantation has the higher population (94,002 vs 86,742 in Deerfield Beach). Plantation has the higher median household income ($87,077 vs $56,976 in Deerfield Beach). Plantation has the higher median home value ($447,700 vs $274,400 in Deerfield Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Deerfield Beach	Plantation
Population	86,742	94,002
Median age	43.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,976	$87,077
Median home value	$274,400	$447,700
Median gross rent	$1,670	$2,148
Housing units	46,309	39,426
Homeownership rate	64.1%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	44.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deerfield Beach	Plantation
Population	80,312 → 86,742 (+8.0%)	93,449 → 94,002 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$48,124 → $56,976 (+18.4%)	$74,903 → $87,077 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$168,600 → $274,400 (+62.8%)	$330,900 → $447,700 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,326 → $1,670 (+25.9%)	$1,681 → $2,148 (+27.8%)

Deerfield Beach

Population

80,31286,742

Median household income

$48,124$56,976

Median home value

$168,600$274,400

Median gross rent

$1,326$1,670

Plantation

Population

93,44994,002

Median household income

$74,903$87,077

Median home value

$330,900$447,700

Median gross rent

$1,681$2,148

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deerfield Beach	Plantation
Under 5	5.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	12.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.2%
75 and over	11.3%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deerfield Beach	Plantation
White (non-Hispanic)	40.1%	36.4%
Black or African American	24.3%	23.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	8.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	30.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deerfield Beach	Plantation
No high school diploma	13.7%	6.6%
High school graduate	29.1%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deerfield Beach	Plantation
Drove alone	70.5%	70.9%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.0%
Public transit	3.2%	1.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.7%	16.1%
Other means	2.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deerfield Beach	Plantation
1-unit, detached	26.7%	44.6%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	15.3%
20 or more units	34.2%	22.4%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Deerfield Beach	Plantation
Poverty rate	16.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1977	1983