Hillsboro Beach vs Lauderdale-by-the-Sea

A side-by-side comparison of Hillsboro Beach and Lauderdale-by-the-Sea: population, income, housing, and more.

Hillsboro Beach and Lauderdale-by-the-Sea are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lauderdale-by-the-Sea has the higher population (6,159 vs 2,020 in Hillsboro Beach). Hillsboro Beach has the higher median household income ($96,176 vs $81,020 in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea). Hillsboro Beach has the higher median home value ($677,500 vs $626,100 in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea).

Population, income & housing

	Hillsboro Beach	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
Population	2,020	6,159
Median age	65.6 yrs	62.2 yrs
Median household income	$96,176	$81,020
Median home value	$677,500	$626,100
Median gross rent	$3,109	$1,816
Housing units	2,575	6,715
Homeownership rate	83.8%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.7%	58.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillsboro Beach	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
Population	1,752 → 2,020 (+15.3%)	6,626 → 6,159 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$73,558 → $96,176 (+30.7%)	$72,537 → $81,020 (+11.7%)
Median home value	$417,900 → $677,500 (+62.1%)	$441,000 → $626,100 (+42.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,986 → $3,109 (+56.5%)	$1,422 → $1,816 (+27.7%)

Hillsboro Beach

Population

1,7522,020

Median household income

$73,558$96,176

Median home value

$417,900$677,500

Median gross rent

$1,986$3,109

Lauderdale-by-the-Sea

Population

6,6266,159

Median household income

$72,537$81,020

Median home value

$441,000$626,100

Median gross rent

$1,422$1,816

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillsboro Beach	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
Under 5	0.9%	1.1%
5 to 17	3.2%	7.1%
18 to 24	3.6%	4.1%
25 to 34	2.6%	3.4%
35 to 44	2.0%	5.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.0%
55 to 64	23.9%	18.9%
65 to 74	29.1%	18.7%
75 and over	24.6%	26.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillsboro Beach	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	74.2%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.7%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillsboro Beach	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
No high school diploma	1.6%	2.3%
High school graduate	15.4%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	32.5%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillsboro Beach	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
Drove alone	51.0%	56.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	9.9%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	33.0%	34.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillsboro Beach	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
1-unit, detached	6.4%	15.0%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	79.5%	65.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Hillsboro Beach	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
Poverty rate	5.7%	6.7%
Average household size	1.72	1.80
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1974	1971