Lauderdale Lakes vs Oakland Park

A side-by-side comparison of Lauderdale Lakes and Oakland Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Lauderdale Lakes and Oakland Park are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oakland Park has the higher population (44,015 vs 35,924 in Lauderdale Lakes). Oakland Park has the higher median household income ($68,424 vs $44,333 in Lauderdale Lakes). Oakland Park has the higher median home value ($352,600 vs $203,100 in Lauderdale Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	Lauderdale Lakes	Oakland Park
Population	35,924	44,015
Median age	36.6 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,333	$68,424
Median home value	$203,100	$352,600
Median gross rent	$1,518	$1,645
Housing units	15,776	19,193
Homeownership rate	47.2%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lauderdale Lakes	Oakland Park
Population	35,606 → 35,924 (+0.9%)	44,699 → 44,015 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$35,532 → $44,333 (+24.8%)	$51,377 → $68,424 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$119,800 → $203,100 (+69.5%)	$214,600 → $352,600 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,518 (+35.5%)	$1,224 → $1,645 (+34.4%)

Lauderdale Lakes

Population

35,60635,924

Median household income

$35,532$44,333

Median home value

$119,800$203,100

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,518

Oakland Park

Population

44,69944,015

Median household income

$51,377$68,424

Median home value

$214,600$352,600

Median gross rent

$1,224$1,645

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lauderdale Lakes	Oakland Park
Under 5	8.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	16.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.4%
75 and over	8.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lauderdale Lakes	Oakland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	6.5%	32.5%
Black or African American	82.3%	27.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.4%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	33.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lauderdale Lakes	Oakland Park
No high school diploma	20.1%	12.7%
High school graduate	35.0%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lauderdale Lakes	Oakland Park
Drove alone	74.1%	68.0%
Carpooled	11.0%	11.8%
Public transit	7.4%	4.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	2.8%	11.5%
Other means	2.6%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lauderdale Lakes	Oakland Park
1-unit, detached	25.3%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	17.1%
20 or more units	58.1%	23.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Lauderdale Lakes	Oakland Park
Poverty rate	23.0%	12.7%
Average household size	2.72	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1976	1972