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Pompano Beach is a city of 117,211, and it grades C− overall, 445th of 634 graded towns in Florida. It is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 89% of U.S. towns. The trade-offs: homes are expensive, about $350K for a typical one and 4.6 times the Miami metro’s $77K median household income, and FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 71% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Pompano Beach’s January low is 59°F, above both the Florida town median (51°F) and the median of U.S. towns (22°F). Pompano Beach's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 92% of U.S. towns. Pompano Beach has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Pompano Beach Mound and Sample Estate.
Where Pompano Beach beats most towns.
Esther Rolle
Sample Estate99,845 counted in 2010 and 112,046 in 2020; an estimated 117,211 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 Pompano Beach is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 636 in 1920, 112,046 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 2 maps from 1956 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Pompano Beach. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi Stadium & arenaHard Rock Stadium
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaNu Stadium
13 mi Stadium & arenaAmerant Bank Arena
Big draw32 mi Stadium & arenaKaseya Center
4 mi Stadium & arenaChase Stadium
33 mi Stadium & arenaLoanDepot ParkHard 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 · Chase Stadium: elisfkc2, CC BY-SA 2.0 · LoanDepot Park: Roberto Coquis, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pompano Beach, 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 Pompano Beach.
Pompano Beach has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and has home values still below their peak, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
29 miles of trail in 21 parks and preserves. The trail density in Pompano Beach is 1.2 miles per square mile. The biggest place to walk is Pompano Community Park, 68 acres with 2.9 miles of trail.
| Pompano Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.9% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pompano Community Park | 2.9 mi | 68 |
| 2. Carver Homes Park | 0.9 mi | 14 |
| 3. Kestler Field | 0.6 mi | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Broward school district. Three of its 36 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pompano Beach Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,087 | C |
| Blanche Ely High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,877 | D |
| Pompano Beach High SchoolTop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,322 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
388 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 34 properties have flooded more than once.
Since 1978, 388 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pompano Beach.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
January nights average 59°, milder than in 100% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.4°. The Ft Lauderdale Beach weather station, 7 miles away, records that about 70 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 90% of Florida places with climate records.
Pompano Beach has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Pompano Beach’s July high is 90°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Pompano Beach for work: only 15% work in town. Since 2013, Pompano Beach has added 11,028 jobs, to 59,181 in 2023. The top destinations are Fort Lauderdale (15%), Boca Raton (7%) and Deerfield Beach (6%).
| Pompano Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 5% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $67,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pompano Beach beats the Florida average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 18% of Pompano Beach adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| Pompano Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 15% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 37% | 36% |
| What stands out | Pompano Beach | FL |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 11.7% | 8.6% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 22% | 16.8% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 18.2% | 13.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The typical value, about $350K, is 9% below its March 2024 peak.
56% of households own their home in Pompano Beach. The typical Pompano Beach home is worth about $350,000, down 1.4% in a year, 7% below the Florida typical home. 62% of renter households spend 30% or more of their income on rent in Pompano Beach.
| Pompano Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 56% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,724 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 62% | 59% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Florida average. Pompano Beach has grown 4.6% since 2020, to 117,211 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Florida.
| Pompano Beach | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 41.3 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.4 points). Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women. Median age: women 41.8, men 41.0.
| Pompano Beach | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.9% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.2% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.9% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.3% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.4% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.2% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.9% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.1% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.2% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 14.3% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.9% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.6% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.3% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.1% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.7% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
12 within 15 miles of the center of Pompano Beach
About 5 of every 100 Pompano Beach residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
3 places in Pompano Beach on the National Register of Historic Places.
21 notable people were born in Pompano Beach.
City in Florida, United States
Pompano Beach ( POM-pə-noh) is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. It is located along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, just north of Fort Lauderdale and 36 miles north of Miami. The nearby Hillsboro Inlet forms part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. It is a principal city of the Miami metropolitan area, which was home to 6.14 million people in 2020. As of the 2020 census, the population was 112,046, making it the sixth-largest city in Broward County, the ninth-largest city in the South Florida metropolitan area, and the 20th-largest city in Florida. Pompano Beach Airpark, located within the city, is the home of the Goodyear Blimp Spirit of Innovation.
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5 towns share a border with Pompano Beach.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pompano Beach | #445 | C− | D | — | B | C+ |
| Fort Lauderdale | #496 | C− | D− | D− | B | B |
| Lauderdale-by-the-Sea | #83 | B | D− | — | B | A |
| Deerfield Beach | #453 | C− | D | — | B | C |
| Lighthouse Point | #93 | B | D− | B− | B | A |
| Hillsboro Beach | — | — | D− | — | B | A− |
Hillsboro Beach has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Pompano Beach, Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Deerfield Beach and Hillsboro Beach report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Pompano Beach with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Pompano Beach grades C− overall, better than 21% of U.S. towns and #445 of 634 in Florida. It grades C+ for health and B for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
21 notable people were born here, including Esther Rolle and Lamar Jackson.
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