Fort Lauderdale vs Pompano Beach

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

Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach 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 112,212 in Pompano Beach). Fort Lauderdale has the higher median household income ($79,935 vs $63,832 in Pompano Beach). Fort Lauderdale has the higher median home value ($455,600 vs $321,900 in Pompano Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Lauderdale	Pompano Beach
Population	183,032	112,212
Median age	42.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$79,935	$63,832
Median home value	$455,600	$321,900
Median gross rent	$1,776	$1,636
Housing units	101,234	60,046
Homeownership rate	53.8%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	31.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Lauderdale	Pompano Beach
Population	180,124 → 183,032 (+1.6%)	110,062 → 112,212 (+2.0%)
Median household income	$59,450 → $79,935 (+34.5%)	$49,518 → $63,832 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$334,000 → $455,600 (+36.4%)	$213,700 → $321,900 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,293 → $1,776 (+37.4%)	$1,265 → $1,636 (+29.3%)

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

Pompano Beach

Population

110,062112,212

Median household income

$49,518$63,832

Median home value

$213,700$321,900

Median gross rent

$1,265$1,636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Lauderdale	Pompano Beach
Under 5	5.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.7%
75 and over	8.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Lauderdale	Pompano Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	45.2%	39.8%
Black or African American	28.5%	27.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Lauderdale	Pompano Beach
No high school diploma	10.2%	14.7%
High school graduate	24.7%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Lauderdale	Pompano Beach
Drove alone	66.3%	68.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	12.4%
Public transit	2.6%	2.1%
Walked	2.4%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.8%
Worked from home	17.5%	11.8%
Other means	3.3%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Lauderdale	Pompano Beach
1-unit, detached	34.6%	29.5%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	15.2%
20 or more units	36.3%	41.2%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Lauderdale	Pompano Beach
Poverty rate	15.2%	15.3%
Average household size	2.23	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1972	1974