Deerfield Beach vs Sunrise

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

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

Sunrise has the higher population (96,633 vs 86,742 in Deerfield Beach). Sunrise has the higher median household income ($72,107 vs $56,976 in Deerfield Beach). Sunrise has the higher median home value ($328,700 vs $274,400 in Deerfield Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Deerfield Beach	Sunrise
Population	86,742	96,633
Median age	43.7 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,976	$72,107
Median home value	$274,400	$328,700
Median gross rent	$1,670	$1,999
Housing units	46,309	41,063
Homeownership rate	64.1%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deerfield Beach	Sunrise
Population	80,312 → 86,742 (+8.0%)	94,060 → 96,633 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$48,124 → $56,976 (+18.4%)	$54,744 → $72,107 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$168,600 → $274,400 (+62.8%)	$205,100 → $328,700 (+60.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,326 → $1,670 (+25.9%)	$1,550 → $1,999 (+29.0%)

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

Sunrise

Population

94,06096,633

Median household income

$54,744$72,107

Median home value

$205,100$328,700

Median gross rent

$1,550$1,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deerfield Beach	Sunrise
Under 5	5.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	12.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.9%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.8%
75 and over	11.3%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deerfield Beach	Sunrise
White (non-Hispanic)	40.1%	22.7%
Black or African American	24.3%	33.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	2.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	8.4%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	35.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deerfield Beach	Sunrise
No high school diploma	13.7%	8.6%
High school graduate	29.1%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deerfield Beach	Sunrise
Drove alone	70.5%	72.9%
Carpooled	11.3%	11.5%
Public transit	3.2%	1.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.7%	11.6%
Other means	2.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deerfield Beach	Sunrise
1-unit, detached	26.7%	37.8%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	11.8%
20 or more units	34.2%	32.7%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Deerfield Beach	Sunrise
Poverty rate	16.0%	11.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1977	1982