Lauderhill vs Margate

A side-by-side comparison of Lauderhill and Margate: population, income, housing, and more.

Lauderhill and Margate are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lauderhill has the higher population (73,961 vs 58,418 in Margate). Margate has the higher median household income ($60,852 vs $49,685 in Lauderhill). Margate has the higher median home value ($286,200 vs $244,500 in Lauderhill).

Population, income & housing

	Lauderhill	Margate
Population	73,961	58,418
Median age	36.7 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,685	$60,852
Median home value	$244,500	$286,200
Median gross rent	$1,620	$1,662
Housing units	30,174	27,002
Homeownership rate	53.5%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lauderhill	Margate
Population	71,625 → 73,961 (+3.3%)	58,023 → 58,418 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$41,723 → $49,685 (+19.1%)	$45,594 → $60,852 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$154,400 → $244,500 (+58.4%)	$183,800 → $286,200 (+55.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,238 → $1,620 (+30.9%)	$1,311 → $1,662 (+26.8%)

Lauderhill

Population

71,62573,961

Median household income

$41,723$49,685

Median home value

$154,400$244,500

Median gross rent

$1,238$1,620

Margate

Population

58,02358,418

Median household income

$45,594$60,852

Median home value

$183,800$286,200

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,662

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lauderhill	Margate
Under 5	7.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.1%	13.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.6%	15.2%
75 and over	7.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lauderhill	Margate
White (non-Hispanic)	8.0%	30.0%
Black or African American	77.5%	32.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	26.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lauderhill	Margate
No high school diploma	14.8%	12.3%
High school graduate	38.3%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lauderhill	Margate
Drove alone	75.7%	74.5%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.6%
Public transit	5.4%	3.1%
Walked	0.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.4%	10.1%
Other means	2.2%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lauderhill	Margate
1-unit, detached	28.9%	44.5%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	14.1%
20 or more units	41.5%	24.3%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Lauderhill	Margate
Poverty rate	19.0%	11.6%
Average household size	2.76	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1976	1978