Broward County, Florida

Broward County has a population of 1,977,129 and has grown 3.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $414,600, about 5.3 times the county's median household income of $77,633.

Home price
$414,600
Income
$77,633
Population
1,977,129
Unemployment
5.4%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$414,600county
Median gross rent$1,907county
Median year homes here were built1980county
Share of homes built before 198050.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile2.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant12.9%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented36.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use7.2%county
Typical monthly rent$2,517county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$2,333county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,900county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$3,216county
Home insurance / yr$7,136(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living102.2(statewide)
Median household income$77,633county
Family health premium / yr$24,807(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,021(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.878(statewide)
Poverty rate12.2%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home14.7%county
Unemployment rate5.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force66.3%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.7%county
Share of workers employed by government10.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry20.5%county
Economic output per resident$87,830county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.94%county
Top state income tax0.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax0.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.98%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time29.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service5.5 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport10493county
Miles to nearest general aviation field9.3 micounty
Airports with airline service located here2county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network3county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station3.7 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.8%county
Traffic deaths25.5county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher36.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.4%county
Public schools in the county324county
Public school enrollment243834county
Students per full-time teacher21.8county
Free lunch eligible38.5%county
Elementary schools195county
Middle schools48county
High schools48county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above13county
Share of local colleges that are public18.2%county
Two-year institutions9county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians76county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county18county
Hospitals here with an emergency department14county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter9.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance12.5%county
Frequent mental distress16.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity27.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes14.1%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population1,977,129county
Land area in square miles1,203county
People per square mile of land1644.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores386county
Convenience stores391county
Share living far from a food store20.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract5.6%county
Population change since 2020+3.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents12county
Median age41.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1820.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.9%county
Share of households that are one person29.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States36.9%county
Second languages43.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls44.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents63county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-15county
Households that moved in52,307county
Households that moved away58,516county
Average income of arriving households$90,662county
Average income of departing households$75,372county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes3county
Housing units authorised in the latest year2,690county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings73.5%county
Violent crime rate267(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature77°Fcounty
Annual precipitation41.1 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.89 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F129 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing0 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 10bcounty
Frost-free days310 days(statewide)
Average last spring frostJan 11county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$157county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh13.6¢county
Household electricity use1,153 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$27.11(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity90.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas3.1%county
Homes heated by propane0.6%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.0%county
Households with broadband92.1%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk99.4county
Coastal flood risk97.0county
Drought risk34.7county
Landslide risk67.0county
Hail risk34.2county
Earthquake risk40.9county
Tornado risk96.3county
Tropical cyclone risk99.8county
Extreme heat risk98.8county
Winter weather risk0.0county
Strong wind risk80.2county
Wildfire risk97.0county

Sports

Major pro teams based here1county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here1county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Broward County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Florida figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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