Margate vs North Lauderdale

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

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

Margate has the higher population (58,418 vs 44,650 in North Lauderdale). North Lauderdale has the higher median household income ($63,423 vs $60,852 in Margate). Margate has the higher median home value ($286,200 vs $270,600 in North Lauderdale).

Population, income & housing

	Margate	North Lauderdale
Population	58,418	44,650
Median age	45.7 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,852	$63,423
Median home value	$286,200	$270,600
Median gross rent	$1,662	$1,950
Housing units	27,002	16,305
Homeownership rate	77.1%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Margate	North Lauderdale
Population	58,023 → 58,418 (+0.7%)	44,020 → 44,650 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$45,594 → $60,852 (+33.5%)	$43,759 → $63,423 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$183,800 → $286,200 (+55.7%)	$167,100 → $270,600 (+61.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,662 (+26.8%)	$1,473 → $1,950 (+32.4%)

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

North Lauderdale

Population

44,02044,650

Median household income

$43,759$63,423

Median home value

$167,100$270,600

Median gross rent

$1,473$1,950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Margate	North Lauderdale
Under 5	3.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	11.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.6%
55 to 64	15.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	15.2%	7.4%
75 and over	7.8%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Margate	North Lauderdale
White (non-Hispanic)	30.0%	8.7%
Black or African American	32.9%	57.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	1.8%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	23.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Margate	North Lauderdale
No high school diploma	12.3%	18.3%
High school graduate	32.3%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Margate	North Lauderdale
Drove alone	74.5%	71.9%
Carpooled	8.6%	16.3%
Public transit	3.1%	2.5%
Walked	1.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.1%	5.9%
Other means	2.3%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Margate	North Lauderdale
1-unit, detached	44.5%	37.8%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	16.1%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	13.1%
20 or more units	24.3%	18.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Margate	North Lauderdale
Poverty rate	11.6%	14.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1978	1978