Margate vs Tamarac

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

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

Tamarac has the higher population (71,887 vs 58,418 in Margate). Margate has the higher median household income ($60,852 vs $59,216 in Tamarac). Margate has the higher median home value ($286,200 vs $259,100 in Tamarac).

Population, income & housing

	Margate	Tamarac
Population	58,418	71,887
Median age	45.7 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,852	$59,216
Median home value	$286,200	$259,100
Median gross rent	$1,662	$1,791
Housing units	27,002	34,143
Homeownership rate	77.1%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Margate	Tamarac
Population	58,023 → 58,418 (+0.7%)	65,874 → 71,887 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$45,594 → $60,852 (+33.5%)	$48,930 → $59,216 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$183,800 → $286,200 (+55.7%)	$168,900 → $259,100 (+53.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,662 (+26.8%)	$1,402 → $1,791 (+27.7%)

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

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)

	Margate	Tamarac
Under 5	3.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.9%	13.8%
65 to 74	15.2%	13.6%
75 and over	7.8%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Margate	Tamarac
White (non-Hispanic)	30.0%	29.1%
Black or African American	32.9%	33.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	31.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Margate	Tamarac
No high school diploma	12.3%	11.0%
High school graduate	32.3%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Margate	Tamarac
Drove alone	74.5%	74.7%
Carpooled	8.6%	10.1%
Public transit	3.1%	1.7%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.1%	11.3%
Other means	2.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Margate	Tamarac
1-unit, detached	44.5%	38.8%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	14.9%
20 or more units	24.3%	28.8%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Margate	Tamarac
Poverty rate	11.6%	12.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1978	1981