Oakland Park vs Parkland

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

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

Oakland Park has the higher population (44,015 vs 35,799 in Parkland). Parkland has the higher median household income ($200,156 vs $68,424 in Oakland Park). Parkland has the higher median home value ($896,300 vs $352,600 in Oakland Park).

Population, income & housing

	Oakland Park	Parkland
Population	44,015	35,799
Median age	39.5 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,424	$200,156
Median home value	$352,600	$896,300
Median gross rent	$1,645	$3,306
Housing units	19,193	11,316
Homeownership rate	56.4%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	67.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakland Park	Parkland
Population	44,699 → 44,015 (-1.5%)	31,454 → 35,799 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$51,377 → $68,424 (+33.2%)	$154,844 → $200,156 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$214,600 → $352,600 (+64.3%)	$611,800 → $896,300 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,224 → $1,645 (+34.4%)	$2,439 → $3,306 (+35.5%)

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

Parkland

Population

31,45435,799

Median household income

$154,844$200,156

Median home value

$611,800$896,300

Median gross rent

$2,439$3,306

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakland Park	Parkland
Under 5	6.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	24.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.9%	6.6%
35 to 44	16.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.6%
75 and over	4.8%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakland Park	Parkland
White (non-Hispanic)	32.5%	56.6%
Black or African American	27.5%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	7.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	33.0%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakland Park	Parkland
No high school diploma	12.7%	1.5%
High school graduate	31.6%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	33.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakland Park	Parkland
Drove alone	68.0%	57.7%
Carpooled	11.8%	9.5%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.2%
Worked from home	11.5%	30.5%
Other means	2.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakland Park	Parkland
1-unit, detached	42.5%	83.3%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	3.5%
20 or more units	23.1%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Oakland Park	Parkland
Poverty rate	12.7%	4.0%
Average household size	2.53	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1972	2005