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Southwest Ranches town, Florida: commercial real estate data.
Southwest Ranches town is a Census town of 7,656 people across 12.98 square miles of land, in Broward County. Median household income is $161,051, 95.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 16 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $8.1 m.
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Southwest Ranches
What Southwest Ranches is
- Census place typetown
- Land area12.98 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land590
- 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.
Southwest Ranches
How many people live in Southwest Ranches
- Population7,656
- Median age45.3
- Population under 181,998 plus or minus 404
- Share under 1826.1 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Population 65 and over1,908
- Share 65 and over24.9 percent
- Households2,146
- Family households1,853
- Share of households that are families86.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Southwest Ranches
- Median household income$161,051
- Per capita income$65,125
- Civilian labor force3,367
- Employed3,317
- Unemployed50 plus or minus 40
- Unemployment rate1.5 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Adults 25 and over5,226
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher46.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree23.5 percent plus or minus 5.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Southwest Ranches
- Housing units2,322
- Occupied units2,146
- Vacant units176 plus or minus 110
- Vacancy rate7.6 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Owner occupied2,056
- Renter occupied90 plus or minus 82
- Ownership rate95.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$906,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,733
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.4 percent
- Single family units2,293
- Share single family98.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more15 plus or minus 32
- Share in buildings of two or more0.6 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Southwest Ranches gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,683
- Commuting under 15 minutes414 plus or minus 178
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.4 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,261 plus or minus 288
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more47.0 percent
- Drove alone70.2 percent
- Carpooled9.4 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Public transport0.8 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home18.2 percent plus or minus 5.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Southwest Ranches
SBA 7(a) lending to Southwest Ranches borrowers
- Approvals16
- Gross approval$8,148,000
- Average approval$509,250
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,249,000
- Largest approval$2,000,000
- Jobs supported87
- Jobs per approval5.4
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more18.8 percent
- Share to franchises6.3 percent
- Distinct lenders9
- Distinct industries by NAICS14
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA 504 lending to Southwest Ranches borrowers
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,836,000
- Average approval$612,000
- Median approval$534,000
- Largest approval$925,000
- Jobs supported24
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Southwest Ranches
Flood programme status in Southwest Ranches
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 7
- NFIP community number120691
- Currently effective map date07/31/24
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Broward County, not Southwest Ranches
Broward County context, not Southwest Ranches 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 Southwest Ranches 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 Southwest Ranches. 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
Southwest Ranches questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Southwest Ranches, Florida?
7,656, in 2,146 households. Southwest Ranches town covers 12.98 square miles of land, which is 590 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Southwest Ranches 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 Southwest Ranches?
$161,051. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $906,500. Median gross rent is $2,733 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Southwest Ranches businesses?
16 7(a) approvals totalling $8.1 m, across 9 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Southwest Ranches, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Southwest Ranches borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Southwest Ranches. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Southwest Ranches in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Southwest Ranches appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 120691, 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 Southwest Ranches 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 Southwest Ranches.
Is zoning published for Southwest Ranches?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.