Fort Lauderdale vs Hollywood

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Lauderdale has the higher population (183,032 vs 152,935 in Hollywood). Fort Lauderdale has the higher median household income ($79,935 vs $65,359 in Hollywood). Fort Lauderdale has the higher median home value ($455,600 vs $374,200 in Hollywood).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Lauderdale	Hollywood
Population	183,032	152,935
Median age	42.9 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,935	$65,359
Median home value	$455,600	$374,200
Median gross rent	$1,776	$1,555
Housing units	101,234	72,553
Homeownership rate	53.8%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Lauderdale	Hollywood
Population	180,124 → 183,032 (+1.6%)	152,511 → 152,935 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$59,450 → $79,935 (+34.5%)	$54,251 → $65,359 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$334,000 → $455,600 (+36.4%)	$254,000 → $374,200 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,293 → $1,776 (+37.4%)	$1,217 → $1,555 (+27.8%)

Fort Lauderdale

Population

180,124183,032

Median household income

$59,450$79,935

Median home value

$334,000$455,600

Median gross rent

$1,293$1,776

Hollywood

Population

152,511152,935

Median household income

$54,251$65,359

Median home value

$254,000$374,200

Median gross rent

$1,217$1,555

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Lauderdale	Hollywood
Under 5	5.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.2%
75 and over	8.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Lauderdale	Hollywood
White (non-Hispanic)	45.2%	34.8%
Black or African American	28.5%	16.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	42.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Lauderdale	Hollywood
No high school diploma	10.2%	10.7%
High school graduate	24.7%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Lauderdale	Hollywood
Drove alone	66.3%	70.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	9.9%
Public transit	2.6%	2.8%
Walked	2.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.7%
Worked from home	17.5%	11.0%
Other means	3.3%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Lauderdale	Hollywood
1-unit, detached	34.6%	42.9%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	11.9%
20 or more units	36.3%	30.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Lauderdale	Hollywood
Poverty rate	15.2%	13.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1972	1969