Southwest Ranches vs Wilton Manors

A side-by-side comparison of Southwest Ranches and Wilton Manors: population, income, housing, and more.

Southwest Ranches and Wilton Manors are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wilton Manors has the higher population (11,403 vs 7,569 in Southwest Ranches). Southwest Ranches has the higher median household income ($157,390 vs $79,390 in Wilton Manors). Southwest Ranches has the higher median home value ($841,900 vs $508,300 in Wilton Manors).

Population, income & housing

	Southwest Ranches	Wilton Manors
Population	7,569	11,403
Median age	43.4 yrs	55.8 yrs
Median household income	$157,390	$79,390
Median home value	$841,900	$508,300
Median gross rent	$2,730	$1,789
Housing units	2,311	7,369
Homeownership rate	96.4%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	42.3%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southwest Ranches	Wilton Manors
Population	7,921 → 7,569 (-4.4%)	12,630 → 11,403 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$124,591 → $157,390 (+26.3%)	$70,465 → $79,390 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$641,800 → $841,900 (+31.2%)	$326,600 → $508,300 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $2,730 (-22.0%)	$1,420 → $1,789 (+26.0%)

Southwest Ranches

Population

7,9217,569

Median household income

$124,591$157,390

Median home value

$641,800$841,900

Median gross rent

$3,501$2,730

Wilton Manors

Population

12,63011,403

Median household income

$70,465$79,390

Median home value

$326,600$508,300

Median gross rent

$1,420$1,789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Southwest Ranches	Wilton Manors
Under 5	4.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	22.5%	3.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	3.7%
25 to 34	6.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	25.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	14.6%
75 and over	8.5%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southwest Ranches	Wilton Manors
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	66.0%
Black or African American	5.2%	8.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	1.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	37.9%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southwest Ranches	Wilton Manors
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.1%
High school graduate	17.5%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.7%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southwest Ranches	Wilton Manors
Drove alone	72.5%	67.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	3.9%
Public transit	0.6%	2.9%
Walked	0.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	15.6%	19.3%
Other means	0.7%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southwest Ranches	Wilton Manors
1-unit, detached	98.4%	45.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	22.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Southwest Ranches	Wilton Manors
Poverty rate	4.6%	9.3%
Average household size	3.57	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1982	1971