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Tamarac, FL

72,360 Population
11.6 square miles 6,241.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.3 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 42.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 42.8 ±0.2

Economics

$36,001 ±$3,759 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $43,769 ±$564
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $41,902 ±$290
$56,910 ±$6,976 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $76,271 ±$970
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $73,311 ±$577

10.1% ±3% (7,268  ±2,148) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 12.8% 779,844 (±0.5% / ±28,795)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 12.3% 2,729,519 (±0.3% / ±62,129)

30.9 minutes ±1.2 (948,060  ±59,870) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 29.3 76,367,010 (±0.1 / ±484,056)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 28 242,796,500 (±0.1 / ±1,059,149)

Families

32,913 ±2,049 Number of households
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,349,920 ±11,200
  • Florida: 8,966,402 ±20,449
2.2 ±0.1 (71,947  ±49) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2.6 6,091,714 (±0 / ±3,423)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 22,130,724

6.3% ±4.5% (849  ±607) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 4.9% 68,339 (±0.4% / ±5,425)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 5.1% 250,538 (±0.2% / ±9,935)

Housing

36,331 ±2,356 Number of housing units
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,698,630 ±1,416
  • Florida: 10,451,823 ±503

$310,900 ±$24,822 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $474,000 ±$4,282
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $381,000 ±$1,579

7.2% ±2.3% (5,097  ±1,637.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 13% 796,773 (±0.5% / ±30,049.2)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 13.6% 3,054,132 (±0.3% / ±54,986.7)

Social

89.3% ±7% (51,635  ±4,578) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 87.7% 3,930,950 (±0.8% / ±36,277.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 90.3% 14,820,362 (±0.4% / ±72,529.6)
27.8% ±4.3% (16,058  ±2,557.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 37.6% 1,686,028 (±0.5% / ±23,403)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 34.9% 5,733,894 (±0.3% / ±43,651)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

42.1% ±5% (30,487  ±3,632) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 42.7% 2,639,783
  • nearly double the rate in Florida: 22.1% 4,996,874

6.6% ±2.5% (4,144  ±1,576) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 3.3% 162,922 (±0.1% / ±6,985)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 7.3% 1,327,057 (±0.1% / ±21,583)
4,144 Total veterans ±1,576 3,913 Male ±1,584 231 Female ±253

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