Broward County vs Orange County

A side-by-side comparison of Broward County and Orange County: population, income, housing, and more.

Broward County and Orange County are counties in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Broward County has the higher population (1,946,127 vs 1,440,471 in Orange County). Orange County has the higher median household income ($77,011 vs $74,534 in Broward County). Broward County has the higher median home value ($380,400 vs $358,300 in Orange County).

Population, income & housing

	Broward County	Orange County
Population	1,946,127	1,440,471
Median age	41.3 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,534	$77,011
Median home value	$380,400	$358,300
Median gross rent	$1,804	$1,675
Housing units	863,128	576,450
Homeownership rate	63.3%	57.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	38.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broward County	Orange County
Population	1,926,205 → 1,946,127 (+1.0%)	1,349,746 → 1,440,471 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$59,547 → $74,534 (+25.2%)	$58,254 → $77,011 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$265,000 → $380,400 (+43.5%)	$235,800 → $358,300 (+52.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,392 → $1,804 (+29.6%)	$1,215 → $1,675 (+37.9%)

Broward County

Population

1,926,2051,946,127

Median household income

$59,547$74,534

Median home value

$265,000$380,400

Median gross rent

$1,392$1,804

Orange County

Population

1,349,7461,440,471

Median household income

$58,254$77,011

Median home value

$235,800$358,300

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broward County	Orange County
Under 5	5.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	7.8%
75 and over	7.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broward County	Orange County
White (non-Hispanic)	31.9%	36.8%
Black or African American	27.6%	19.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	1.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	31.9%	33.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broward County	Orange County
No high school diploma	9.7%	10.0%
High school graduate	26.7%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broward County	Orange County
Drove alone	71.9%	69.9%
Carpooled	9.2%	9.1%
Public transit	2.0%	1.5%
Walked	1.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.1%	15.9%
Other means	2.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broward County	Orange County
1-unit, detached	40.3%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	13.0%	15.2%
20 or more units	28.5%	14.2%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Broward County	Orange County
Poverty rate	12.2%	13.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1980	1993