Lauderdale-by-the-Sea vs Southwest Ranches

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

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

Southwest Ranches has the higher population (7,569 vs 6,159 in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea). Southwest Ranches has the higher median household income ($157,390 vs $81,020 in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea). Southwest Ranches has the higher median home value ($841,900 vs $626,100 in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea).

Population, income & housing

	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea	Southwest Ranches
Population	6,159	7,569
Median age	62.2 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,020	$157,390
Median home value	$626,100	$841,900
Median gross rent	$1,816	$2,730
Housing units	6,715	2,311
Homeownership rate	76.7%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.6%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea	Southwest Ranches
Population	6,626 → 6,159 (-7.0%)	7,921 → 7,569 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$72,537 → $81,020 (+11.7%)	$124,591 → $157,390 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$441,000 → $626,100 (+42.0%)	$641,800 → $841,900 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,422 → $1,816 (+27.7%)	$3,501 → $2,730 (-22.0%)

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

Southwest Ranches

Population

7,9217,569

Median household income

$124,591$157,390

Median home value

$641,800$841,900

Median gross rent

$3,501$2,730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea	Southwest Ranches
Under 5	1.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	7.1%	22.5%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	3.4%	6.3%
35 to 44	5.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	18.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	18.7%	14.0%
75 and over	26.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea	Southwest Ranches
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	48.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.0%	37.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea	Southwest Ranches
No high school diploma	2.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	17.5%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.0%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.6%	28.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea	Southwest Ranches
Drove alone	56.0%	72.5%
Carpooled	2.6%	10.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.6%
Walked	4.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.9%	15.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea	Southwest Ranches
1-unit, detached	15.0%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	65.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea	Southwest Ranches
Poverty rate	6.7%	4.6%
Average household size	1.80	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1971	1982