Margate vs Oakland Park

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

Margate and Oakland Park 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 44,015 in Oakland Park). Oakland Park has the higher median household income ($68,424 vs $60,852 in Margate). Oakland Park has the higher median home value ($352,600 vs $286,200 in Margate).

Population, income & housing

	Margate	Oakland Park
Population	58,418	44,015
Median age	45.7 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,852	$68,424
Median home value	$286,200	$352,600
Median gross rent	$1,662	$1,645
Housing units	27,002	19,193
Homeownership rate	77.1%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	27.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Margate	Oakland Park
Population	58,023 → 58,418 (+0.7%)	44,699 → 44,015 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$45,594 → $60,852 (+33.5%)	$51,377 → $68,424 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$183,800 → $286,200 (+55.7%)	$214,600 → $352,600 (+64.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,662 (+26.8%)	$1,224 → $1,645 (+34.4%)

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

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)

	Margate	Oakland Park
Under 5	3.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	14.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	16.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	15.2%	8.4%
75 and over	7.8%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Margate	Oakland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	30.0%	32.5%
Black or African American	32.9%	27.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	33.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Margate	Oakland Park
No high school diploma	12.3%	12.7%
High school graduate	32.3%	31.6%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Margate	Oakland Park
Drove alone	74.5%	68.0%
Carpooled	8.6%	11.8%
Public transit	3.1%	4.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.1%	11.5%
Other means	2.3%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Margate	Oakland Park
1-unit, detached	44.5%	42.5%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	17.1%
20 or more units	24.3%	23.1%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Margate	Oakland Park
Poverty rate	11.6%	12.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1978	1972