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Fort Lauderdale city is a Census city of 185,604 people across 34.58 square miles of land, in Broward County. Median household income is $83,130, 54.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 650 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $368.9 m.
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Fort Lauderdale
What Fort Lauderdale is
- Census place typecity
- Land area34.58 sq mi
- Water area1.72 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,367
- County holding the largest share of its areaBroward County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Fort Lauderdale
- Population185,604
- Median age42.8
- Population under 1832,181
- Share under 1817.3 percent
- Population 65 and over36,444
- Share 65 and over19.6 percent
- Households80,999
- Family households40,619
- Share of households that are families50.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Fort Lauderdale
- Median household income$83,130
- Per capita income$59,629
- Civilian labor force100,919
- Employed95,614
- Unemployed5,305
- Unemployment rate5.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over140,207
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher40.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Fort Lauderdale
- Housing units101,691
- Occupied units80,999
- Vacant units20,692
- Vacancy rate20.3 percent
- Owner occupied43,841
- Renter occupied37,158
- Ownership rate54.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$486,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,854
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.8 percent
- Single family units39,836
- Share single family39.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more60,780
- Share in buildings of two or more59.8 percent
- Mobile homes1,056 plus or minus 303
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Fort Lauderdale gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute75,861
- Commuting under 15 minutes18,287
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more28,808
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more38.0 percent
- Drove alone64.4 percent
- Carpooled7.5 percent
- Public transport2.4 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked2.4 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home19.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Fort Lauderdale (7(a))
- Approvals650
- Gross approval$368,851,400
- Average approval$567,464
- Median approval$210,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,500,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported7,212
- Jobs per approval11.1
- Loans with a final outcome118
- Paid in full97
- Charged off21
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans17.8 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more8.6 percent
- Share to franchises6.5 percent
- Distinct lenders96
- Distinct industries by NAICS220
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Fort Lauderdale (504)
- Approvals211
- Gross approval$171,000,000
- Average approval$810,427
- Median approval$527,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,728
- Loans with a final outcome68
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans1.5 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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Flood risk in Fort Lauderdale
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 7
- NFIP community number125105
- Currently effective map date07/31/24
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Broward County, not Fort Lauderdale
Broward County context, not Fort Lauderdale figures
These are Broward County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Fort Lauderdale measurements.
- Establishments in Broward County68,191
- Employment at those establishments, Broward County780,632
- Covered employment, Broward County864,520
- Average annual pay, Broward County$71,492
- Average weekly wage, Broward County$1,375
- Housing units permitted, Broward County1,655
- Of those, single family, Broward County697
- County product, 2024, Broward County$173,651,328,000
- County product change over the prior year, Broward County5.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Broward County$115,504
Every figure in this section is published for Broward County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fort Lauderdale. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Fort Lauderdale questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida?
185,604, in 80,999 households. Fort Lauderdale city covers 34.58 square miles of land, which is 5,367 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fort Lauderdale in?
Broward County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fort Lauderdale?
$83,130. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $486,700. Median gross rent is $1,854 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Fort Lauderdale businesses?
650 7(a) approvals totalling $368.9 m, across 96 lenders, median approval $210,000, plus 211 504 approvals worth $171.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Fort Lauderdale, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Fort Lauderdale borrowers get paid back?
Of the 118 loans that have reached a final outcome, 97 were paid in full and 21 charged off, a charge off rate of 17.8 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Fort Lauderdale in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Fort Lauderdale appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 125105, carrying Community Rating System class 7, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Fort Lauderdale figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Broward County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fort Lauderdale.
Is zoning published for Fort Lauderdale?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.