Deerfield Beach vs Tamarac

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

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

Deerfield Beach has the higher population (86,742 vs 71,887 in Tamarac). Tamarac has the higher median household income ($59,216 vs $56,976 in Deerfield Beach). Deerfield Beach has the higher median home value ($274,400 vs $259,100 in Tamarac).

Population, income & housing

	Deerfield Beach	Tamarac
Population	86,742	71,887
Median age	43.7 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,976	$59,216
Median home value	$274,400	$259,100
Median gross rent	$1,670	$1,791
Housing units	46,309	34,143
Homeownership rate	64.1%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deerfield Beach	Tamarac
Population	80,312 → 86,742 (+8.0%)	65,874 → 71,887 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$48,124 → $56,976 (+18.4%)	$48,930 → $59,216 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$168,600 → $274,400 (+62.8%)	$168,900 → $259,100 (+53.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,326 → $1,670 (+25.9%)	$1,402 → $1,791 (+27.7%)

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

Tamarac

Population

65,87471,887

Median household income

$48,930$59,216

Median home value

$168,900$259,100

Median gross rent

$1,402$1,791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deerfield Beach	Tamarac
Under 5	5.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.6%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	13.6%
75 and over	11.3%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deerfield Beach	Tamarac
White (non-Hispanic)	40.1%	29.1%
Black or African American	24.3%	33.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	2.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	31.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deerfield Beach	Tamarac
No high school diploma	13.7%	11.0%
High school graduate	29.1%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deerfield Beach	Tamarac
Drove alone	70.5%	74.7%
Carpooled	11.3%	10.1%
Public transit	3.2%	1.7%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.7%	11.3%
Other means	2.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deerfield Beach	Tamarac
1-unit, detached	26.7%	38.8%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	14.9%
20 or more units	34.2%	28.8%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Deerfield Beach	Tamarac
Poverty rate	16.0%	12.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1977	1981