Lauderhill vs Tamarac

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

Lauderhill and Tamarac 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 71,887 in Tamarac). Tamarac has the higher median household income ($59,216 vs $49,685 in Lauderhill). Tamarac has the higher median home value ($259,100 vs $244,500 in Lauderhill).

Population, income & housing

	Lauderhill	Tamarac
Population	73,961	71,887
Median age	36.7 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,685	$59,216
Median home value	$244,500	$259,100
Median gross rent	$1,620	$1,791
Housing units	30,174	34,143
Homeownership rate	53.5%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lauderhill	Tamarac
Population	71,625 → 73,961 (+3.3%)	65,874 → 71,887 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$41,723 → $49,685 (+19.1%)	$48,930 → $59,216 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$154,400 → $244,500 (+58.4%)	$168,900 → $259,100 (+53.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,238 → $1,620 (+30.9%)	$1,402 → $1,791 (+27.7%)

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

Tamarac

Population

65,87471,887

Median household income

$48,930$59,216

Median home value

$168,900$259,100

Median gross rent

$1,402$1,791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lauderhill	Tamarac
Under 5	7.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	13.6%
75 and over	7.0%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lauderhill	Tamarac
White (non-Hispanic)	8.0%	29.1%
Black or African American	77.5%	33.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	31.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lauderhill	Tamarac
No high school diploma	14.8%	11.0%
High school graduate	38.3%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lauderhill	Tamarac
Drove alone	75.7%	74.7%
Carpooled	9.6%	10.1%
Public transit	5.4%	1.7%
Walked	0.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.4%	11.3%
Other means	2.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lauderhill	Tamarac
1-unit, detached	28.9%	38.8%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	14.9%
20 or more units	41.5%	28.8%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Lauderhill	Tamarac
Poverty rate	19.0%	12.9%
Average household size	2.76	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1976	1981