Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Miramar is a city of 142,570, and it grades B− overall, 155th among Florida's 634 graded towns. It is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns. The trade-offs: homes are expensive, about $520K for a typical one and 6.8 times the Miami metro’s $77K median household income, and FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 72% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Miramar’s January low is 57°F, against 51°F in Florida’s towns and 22°F across U.S. towns. On history, just 4 of Florida’s 779 towns do worse. Miramar is home to Florida Academy of Nursing.
Where Miramar beats most towns.
122,041 counted in 2010 and 134,721 in 2020; an estimated 142,570 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 5.8% since 2020, after 10.4% in the decade before.
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 Miramar is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 5,485 in 1960, 134,721 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 6 maps from 1947 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Miramar. Close and well known come first.
Big draw6 mi Stadium & arenaHard Rock Stadium
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaNu Stadium
Big draw16 mi Stadium & arenaKaseya Center
15 mi Stadium & arenaLoanDepot Park
18 mi National ParkEverglades National Park778K visitors a year
13 mi Stadium & arenaAmerant Bank ArenaHard Rock Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nu Stadium: Cuban Boy, CC0 · Kaseya Center: jjron, GFDL 1.2 · LoanDepot Park: Roberto Coquis, CC BY 2.0 · Everglades National Park: Everglades NPS from Homestead, Florida, United States, Public domain · Amerant Bank Arena: Yanjipy, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Miramar, 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 Miramar.
Miramar fares better on crime within Florida than nationally and has more 90° days than nearly all U.S. towns, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Florida.
19 miles of trail in 18 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Miramar Regional Park, 170 acres with 2.9 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Miramar Pineland Natural Area | 3.3 mi | 160 |
| 2. Miramar Regional Park | 2.9 mi | 170 |
| 3. Snake Warriors Island | 0.8 mi | 54 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Broward school district. Three of its 25 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glades Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,030 | B+ |
| Everglades High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,973 | C+ |
| Somerset Academy Miramar SouthTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 215 | 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 $520K) costs more against local pay than in 81% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $4,396, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The median rent in Miramar is $2,117 a month. The typical Miramar home is worth about $520,000, down 0.9% in a year, 38% above the Florida typical home.
| Miramar | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,117 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 69% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Jobs based here grew from 28,534 in 2013 to 40,269.
Most working residents leave Miramar for work: only 6% work in town. Miramar’s average trip to work is 31 minutes. Since 2013, Miramar has added 11,735 jobs, to 40,269 in 2023.
| Miramar | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.5% | 11% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its widest gap with Florida is cancer: 5% of its 102,875 adults have had cancer, against 9.1% statewide.
Miramar beats the Florida average on 10 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 14% of Miramar adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Miramar | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 37% | 36% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Miramar | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5% | 9.1% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.5% | 7.2% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 18.4% | 13.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
653 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 47 properties have flooded more than once.
Since 1979, 653 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Miramar.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
People 65 and older are 13% of residents (21% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (38% statewide). Miramar has grown 5.8% since 2020, to 142,570 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 37% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Miramar.
| Miramar | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 31% | 29% |
| Median age | 39.3 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 22% | 20% | 22% |
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.1 points). Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women. Median age: women 39.8, men 38.5.
| Miramar | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.4% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.8% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.7% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.4% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.8% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.2% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.7% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8.7% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.8% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.9% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.1% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.1% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.3% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
The Ft Lauderdale weather station, 12 miles away, records that about 75 days a year reach 90°, more than in 95% of U.S. towns. January nights average 57.4°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91.1°.
Miramar has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 13.7 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 80% of Florida’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 1,738 to 1,006 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
23 within 15 miles of the center of Miramar
About 7 of every 100 Miramar residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
15 notable people were born in Miramar.
City in Broward County, Florida
Miramar (, MIH-rə-mar) is a city in southern Broward County, Florida, United States. It is a suburb of the Miami metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 134,721, making it the fourth-largest city in Broward County, the sixth-largest city in the Miami metro area, and the 14th-largest city in Florida.
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4 towns share a border with Miramar.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Country Club (C+) comes closest.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miramar | #155 | B− | D− | B | B | B+ |
| Pembroke Pines | #272 | C+ | D− | — | B | B+ |
| Miami Gardens | #507 | D | D | C | B+ | C− |
| Country Club | #243 | C+ | D | — | B+ | B |
| West Park | #532 | D | D | — | B | D |
Pembroke Pines, Country Club and West Park report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Miramar with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Miramar grades B− overall, better than 52% of U.S. towns and #155 of 634 in Florida. It grades B+ for health, B for safety and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
Miramar was incorporated in 1955. 15 notable people were born here, including Jason Derulo and Sachia Vickery.
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