Fort Lauderdale vs Pembroke Pines

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

Fort Lauderdale and Pembroke Pines 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 170,557 in Pembroke Pines). Pembroke Pines has the higher median household income ($81,675 vs $79,935 in Fort Lauderdale). Fort Lauderdale has the higher median home value ($455,600 vs $411,700 in Pembroke Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Lauderdale	Pembroke Pines
Population	183,032	170,557
Median age	42.9 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,935	$81,675
Median home value	$455,600	$411,700
Median gross rent	$1,776	$1,910
Housing units	101,234	66,800
Homeownership rate	53.8%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	38.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Lauderdale	Pembroke Pines
Population	180,124 → 183,032 (+1.6%)	170,072 → 170,557 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$59,450 → $79,935 (+34.5%)	$68,745 → $81,675 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$334,000 → $455,600 (+36.4%)	$288,700 → $411,700 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,293 → $1,776 (+37.4%)	$1,515 → $1,910 (+26.1%)

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

Pembroke Pines

Population

170,072170,557

Median household income

$68,745$81,675

Median home value

$288,700$411,700

Median gross rent

$1,515$1,910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Lauderdale	Pembroke Pines
Under 5	5.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.2%
75 and over	8.1%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Lauderdale	Pembroke Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	45.2%	22.9%
Black or African American	28.5%	20.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	47.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Lauderdale	Pembroke Pines
No high school diploma	10.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	24.7%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Lauderdale	Pembroke Pines
Drove alone	66.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.4%
Public transit	2.6%	0.4%
Walked	2.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.5%	13.4%
Other means	3.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Lauderdale	Pembroke Pines
1-unit, detached	34.6%	46.3%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	13.7%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	11.2%
20 or more units	36.3%	23.9%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Lauderdale	Pembroke Pines
Poverty rate	15.2%	10.2%
Average household size	2.23	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1972	1992