Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The weak point is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $522K, 6.8 years of the Miami metro’s $77K median household income. Its standout strength is health: residents are healthier than 78% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Add walkability to its strengths: it is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns. Put together, the subjects come to a B− overall, ranking 165th of 634 in Florida. That leaves it better than half of U.S. towns. Only 48 of Florida’s 779 towns score lower on history. Coral Springs's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 87% of U.S. towns. Coral Springs’ January low is 57°F, against 51°F in Florida’s towns and 22°F across U.S. towns.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · National Register of Historic Places · NOAA normals, 1991–2020.
Where Coral Springs beats most towns.
121,096 counted in 2010 and 134,394 in 2020; an estimated 138,783 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Coral Springs is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,489 in 1970, 134,394 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1992 and 3 maps from 1963 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Coral Springs. Close and well known come first.
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaHard Rock Stadium
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaNu Stadium
9 mi Stadium & arenaAmerant Bank Arena
Big draw34 mi Stadium & arenaKaseya Center
34 mi Stadium & arenaLoanDepot Park
8 mi Stadium & arenaChase StadiumHard Rock Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nu Stadium: Cuban Boy, CC0 · Amerant Bank Arena: Yanjipy, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kaseya Center: jjron, GFDL 1.2 · LoanDepot Park: Roberto Coquis, CC BY 2.0 · Chase Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Coral Springs, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Coral Springs.
Coral Springs fares better on crime within Florida than nationally and has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Florida.
The biggest park or preserve is Mullins Park, at 68 acres. Trails total 26 miles in 44 parks and preserves. Coral Springs’ trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Coral Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.5% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. North Community Park | 1.9 mi | 37 |
| 2. Whispering Woods Park | 1.3 mi | 9 |
| 3. Cypress Park | 1.2 mi | 32 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Three of its 42 schools are shown below, with the reason for each. The public schools here belong to the Broward school district. The 6 public schools in Coral Springs teach 5,956 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renaissance Charter School at Coral SpringsLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 1,515 | B+ |
| Coral Glades High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,843 | C |
| Imagine School at BrowardTop results in townGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 1,091 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
At 6.8 years of the Miami metro’s $77K median household income, the typical home (about $522K) costs more against local pay than in 81% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. The median property tax bill is $5,545, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
63% of Coral Springs renter households spend 30% or more of their income on rent. Zillow values the typical Coral Springs home at about $522,000, down 1.2% in a year, 39% above the Florida typical home. In Coral Springs, the midpoint rent is $2,084 a month.
| Coral Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,084 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 60% | 72% | 73% |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 63% | 59% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
For adults in Coral Springs, the share who report frequent physical distress is 12%. The town beats the Florida average on 12 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 31% of adults locally have high blood pressure; 29% have obesity.
| Coral Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 37% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Coral Springs | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.2% | 7.5% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.1% | 12.7% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 75.3% | 78.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Employers in Coral Springs added 5,286 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 38,883. Most working residents leave Coral Springs for work: only 13% work in town. Coral Springs’ typical journey to work comes in at 30 minutes. The median commute is under 11 miles.
| Coral Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 13% | 5% | 8% |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.6% | 11% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
573 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 18 properties have flooded more than once.
In Coral Springs, the FEMA risk score is 73 of 100. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 1979: 573. FEMA puts 46% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to hurricanes, and 42% to inland flooding. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Coral Springs after 12 declared disasters, most recently in 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
January nights average 56.9°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.1°.
Snowfall is close to zero. The July high locally is 91°F.
| Coral Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 57°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Coral Springs’ midpoint age stands at 37.5 years. Florida has just over a third of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 40%. In Coral Springs, 26% of residents are under 18. 138,783 people lived in Coral Springs by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, 3.3% more than in 2020.
| Coral Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 26% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 31% | 29% |
| Median age | 37.5 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.3 points). Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women. Median age: women 38.2, men 36.8.
| Coral Springs | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.4% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.4% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.5% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.2% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.6% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.1% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.8% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 7.8% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.2% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.1% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.5% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.8% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.6% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.8% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.2% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
At 15.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 72% of Florida’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 1,841 to 1,391 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
For Coral Springs, the level of violent crime is 1.2 per 1,000 residents. The level of property crime for Coral Springs comes to 8.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Coral Springs | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.2 per 1,000 residents | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 8.7 per 1,000 residents | 12.6 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
11 within 15 miles of the center of Coral Springs
About 6 of every 100 Coral Springs residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
Where Coral Springs’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
17 notable people were born in Coral Springs.
City in the United States
Coral Springs is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, Coral Springs had a population of 134,394. Approximately 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Fort Lauderdale, it is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area. It has an arts center, history museum, hosts the "Our Town" annual festival, and has Florida's only covered bridge. The city, officially chartered on July 10, 1963, was master-planned and primarily developed by Coral Ridge Properties, Inc., which was acquired by Westinghouse in 1966. The city's name is derived from the company's name, and was selected after several earlier proposals had been considered and rejected. Despite the name, there are no…
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4 towns share a border with Coral Springs.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coral Springs | #165 | B− | D− | B | B | A− |
| Parkland | #86 | B | D− | — | B | A+ |
| Margate | #346 | C | D | — | B | B− |
| Tamarac | #411 | C | D | — | B | C+ |
| Coconut Creek | #259 | C+ | D | — | B | B+ |
Parkland, Margate, Tamarac and Coconut Creek report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Coral Springs with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Coral Springs grades B− overall, better than 50% of U.S. towns and #165 of 634 in Florida. It grades A− for health, B for safety and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
17 notable people were born here, including Greg Cipes and Walter Dix.
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