Fort Lauderdale vs Miramar

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

Fort Lauderdale and Miramar 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 135,986 in Miramar). Miramar has the higher median household income ($86,109 vs $79,935 in Fort Lauderdale). Fort Lauderdale has the higher median home value ($455,600 vs $420,300 in Miramar).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Lauderdale	Miramar
Population	183,032	135,986
Median age	42.9 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,935	$86,109
Median home value	$455,600	$420,300
Median gross rent	$1,776	$1,954
Housing units	101,234	46,258
Homeownership rate	53.8%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Lauderdale	Miramar
Population	180,124 → 183,032 (+1.6%)	139,468 → 135,986 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$59,450 → $79,935 (+34.5%)	$70,669 → $86,109 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$334,000 → $455,600 (+36.4%)	$299,900 → $420,300 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,293 → $1,776 (+37.4%)	$1,458 → $1,954 (+34.0%)

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

Miramar

Population

139,468135,986

Median household income

$70,669$86,109

Median home value

$299,900$420,300

Median gross rent

$1,458$1,954

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Lauderdale	Miramar
Under 5	5.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	12.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.9%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.1%
75 and over	8.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Lauderdale	Miramar
White (non-Hispanic)	45.2%	10.0%
Black or African American	28.5%	43.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	38.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Lauderdale	Miramar
No high school diploma	10.2%	8.3%
High school graduate	24.7%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Lauderdale	Miramar
Drove alone	66.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.3%
Public transit	2.6%	2.1%
Walked	2.4%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.5%	10.5%
Other means	3.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Lauderdale	Miramar
1-unit, detached	34.6%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	12.4%
20 or more units	36.3%	8.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Fort Lauderdale	Miramar
Poverty rate	15.2%	8.0%
Average household size	2.23	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1972	1996