City safety & data profile
MargateFL
Margate, FL is a 57K-resident city in Broward County with a median household income of $62,450.
Broward County, Florida. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Margate, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Margate has a population larger than 83% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $316,200, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 57K
- Population (place)
- Top 17%
- By size
- $62,450
- Median income (place)
- $316,200
- Median home (place)
- 12.1%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Margate
Margate posts a median household income higher than 26% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Margate area.
- Bottom 27%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Margate
Composite score · Margate, FL
40/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Margate in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Margate income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$62,450 Bottom 26% higher than 26% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Biggest cities by headcount in FL
Population among 310 FL places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL
1,009,833 residents
- Miami
Miami, FL
487,014 residents
- Tampa
Tampa, FL
414,547 residents
- Orlando 334,854
Orlando, FL
334,854 residents
- St. Petersburg 257,083
St. Petersburg, FL
257,083 residents
- Hialeah 237,069
Hialeah, FL
237,069 residents
- Tallahassee 201,731
Tallahassee, FL
201,731 residents
- Fort Lauderdale 183,146
Fort Lauderdale, FL
183,146 residents
- Cape Coral 175,229
Cape Coral, FL
175,229 residents
- Pembroke Pines 166,611
Pembroke Pines, FL
166,611 residents
What this shows Jacksonville is the largest FL city on this list; Pinecrest leads median income.
Top earners by city in FL
Median household income among the same 310-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Pinecrest
Pinecrest, FL
$206,417 median
- Parkland
Parkland, FL
$198,669 median
- Lake Butler
Lake Butler, FL
$182,500 median
- Key Biscayne
Key Biscayne, FL
$181,505 median
- Keystone
Keystone, FL
$161,056 median
- Naples
Naples, FL
$153,182 median
- Miami Shores
Miami Shores, FL
$144,050 median
- Palmetto Bay
Palmetto Bay, FL
$142,447 median
- Fruit Cove
Fruit Cove, FL
$141,863 median
- Weston
Weston, FL
$139,825 median
What this shows Pinecrest posts the highest place-level median income in FL; Jacksonville is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Margate, FL beyond the headline numbers
Margate sits inside Broward County, Florida, at roughly 26.24°N, -80.21°W. Population 57,234, $62,450 median household income. Median home value $316,200, median rent $1,750. Poverty rate 12.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Margate, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 76.8°F annual average, 56.6" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 16.6% in Margate, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
At 45 years, Margate's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.
2.5% of Margate workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
A median home in Margate runs about 5.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.
Median rent in Margate, FL runs $1,750/month, above the midpoint for reporting cities -- worth weighing against the income figures on this page.
24.7% of Margate adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Unemployment in Margate sits at 4.1%, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Remote work covers 10.5% of Margate workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Poverty in Margate, FL stands at 12.1%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Margate from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
Looking Back a Decade 2013–2024
County-level trend (Broward County): Margate's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economic Snapshot
Margate's median household income of $62,450 runs 30% below the tracked-city average, the most notable of the economic figures Areazine tracks here. Median rent runs 14% above average too, at $1,750/mo.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 12.1% |
| Unemployment | 4.1% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 24.7% |
| Work From Home | 10.5% |
| Public Transit | 2.5% |
By the Numbers
Health at a Glance 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Local Hospitals 1 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 202414.2% above national average
Metro area: Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
NFIP Flood Claim History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelSince 2016, NFIP has paid out $349.5M across 8,553 flood insurance claims filed in Broward County.
3,394 claims trace back to April Florida Flooding, the biggest named event in the county's flood-claim history.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Margate?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Margate right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet FL-MARGATE · Margate
Margate: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Margate; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Florida state hubs · Methodology
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Comparable cities by poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Margate, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside FL (12.1% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside FL ($62,450 here).
Compare Margate with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Cities Close By 8
Using Margate's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
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- Compare Margate against Florida peers on any ranking lens. Explore Florida
Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Broward County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.