Photo: RTMGterra · CC BY-SA 4.0More people are out of work in Lauderhill (8.5%) than in 90% of U.S. towns
Lauderhill grades C for jobs and income and A for walkability. Measured by household income, Lauderhill is behind 87% of U.S. towns. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 8.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.0 in Miami.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Lauderhill apart on work
A lot of Lauderhill works one town over
31% of working residents work in a town that borders Lauderhill: Fort Lauderdale (16%), Sunrise (10%) and Plantation (5%). Next door ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Lauderhill’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 30 minutes, longer than the Florida average of 28. Time on the road ↓
Lauderhill is a place people come home to
There are 8,510 jobs based in Lauderhill, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lauderhill has about 53,000 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Lauderhill’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lauderhill is better than 26% of U.S. towns, #536 of 638 in Florida. Job access by car holds Lauderhill’s grade up (ahead of 94% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lauderhill could be anywhere from C− to C.
The daily trip from Lauderhill: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lauderhill workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 30,773 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Lauderhill
On a workday 30,312 residents head out to work, 833 work right here, and 7,677 people come in from elsewhere.
About 53,000 people are in Lauderhill on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.27 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
16% of working residents work in Fort Lauderdale
Where Lauderhill clocks in
16% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What the 8,510 jobs in Lauderhill are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lauderhill, 2013 → 2023: 8,985 → 8,510. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lauderhill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Lauderhill
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Good to walk, short on transit: Lauderhill
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lauderhill is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns, #79 of 638 in Florida. Both inputs place Lauderhill near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 34,013 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 97% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 36% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 8.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 91% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.2% of Lauderhill households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Lauderhill’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 53,000 to 102,000, and where Lauderhill sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Weston FL | 69,588 | $140K | 6.1% | 3.9% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Horizon West FL | 67,416 | $127K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Palm Beach Gardens FL | 63,883 | $107K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 17% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 534 | Pine Hills FL | 80,105 | $59K | 17.5% | 11.6% | 2% | C |
| 535 | Harlingen TX | 72,467 | $54K | 25.1% | 5.2% | 41% | C |
| 536 | Lauderhill FL | 75,668 | $51K | 19.4% | 8.5% | 3% | C |
| 537 | Tulare CA | 73,907 | $72K | 17.9% | 8.6% | 23% | C |
| 538 | Casa Grande AZ | 69,753 | $70K | 13.5% | 6.1% | 23% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 587 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | D |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lauderhill, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Work next door: 31% of Lauderhill’s workers
The biggest share goes to Fort Lauderdale (16%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lauderhill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauderhill | – | C | A | 30 min | $51,165 |
| Plantation | 5% | A− | A− | 28 min | $92,541 |
| Sunrise | 10% | B | A− | 30 min | $77,652 |
| Lauderdale Lakes | under 3% | C− | A | 27 min | $50,006 |
| Fort Lauderdale | 16% | B | A | 26 min | $83,130 |
| Tamarac | under 3% | B− | A− | 31 min | $61,718 |
| Washington Park | under 3% | B− | B− | 18 min | $61,200 |
| Roosevelt Gardens | under 3% | C | A+ | 29 min | $49,821 |
| Boulevard Gardens | under 3% | A− | B | 27 min | $70,458 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lauderhill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lauderhill: questions
What is the median household income in Lauderhill?
$51,165 (±$2,373) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lauderhill?
19.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lauderhill?
30 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lauderhill work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Lauderdale (16%, 5 mi), Sunrise (10%, 2 mi), Pompano Beach (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lauderhill walkable?
Lauderhill is more walkable than 92% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.2 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lauderhill without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 36% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lauderhill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lauderhill
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.