Roosevelt GardensFL
A town of 3,031 in Florida.
Is Roosevelt Gardens a good place to live?
Roosevelt Gardens’s lowest grade is for health: residents are less healthy than 95% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Walkability is its strong suit — it is more walkable than 95% of U.S. towns. At about $310K, a typical home costs 4 years of the Miami metro’s $77K median household income. All told, that adds up to a D overall and a rank of 535th of 634 in Florida. Nationally, it does better than 11% of U.S. towns. Roosevelt Gardens’ concentration of trails is 3.0 miles per square mile, above both Florida’s towns (0.4) and U.S. towns (0.4). Roosevelt Gardens’ January low is 59°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 · OpenStreetMap · NOAA normals, 1991–2020.
What makes Roosevelt Gardens stand out
Where Roosevelt Gardens beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Roosevelt Gardens has grown 12% from 2010 to 2020
2,456 counted in 2010 and 2,749 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Roosevelt Gardens grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Roosevelt Gardens is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Hard Rock Stadium and 72 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Roosevelt Gardens. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi Stadium & arenaHard Rock Stadium
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaNu Stadium
9 mi Stadium & arenaAmerant Bank Arena
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaKaseya Center
25 mi Stadium & arenaLoanDepot Park
4 mi Stadium & arenaChase StadiumPhoto credits
Hard 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
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Moving to Roosevelt Gardens: who provides what
Roosevelt Gardens is unincorporated, so Broward County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Roosevelt Gardens.
Roosevelt Gardens has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, sends most of its workers to Fort Lauderdale and beyond and is mostly renters.
Roosevelt Gardens stands out in Florida and nationally, with more of its adults who report frequent mental distress
Just over two in five adults worry about having enough food in Roosevelt Gardens. Only one of the 636 Florida towns we compare has a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Roosevelt Gardens. This Florida town does better than the Florida average on 3 of 31 CDC measures and worse on 21.
| Roosevelt Gardens | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 20% | 19% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 50% | 37% | 36% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Roosevelt Gardens | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.6% | 9.1% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.4% | 14.6% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 23.4% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Roosevelt Gardens’ public schools outperform 62% of Florida districts
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| School of Excellence PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades K–7 | Grades K–7 | 25 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Most of Roosevelt Gardens’ workers leave town for work
Roosevelt Gardens has 132 jobs for its 1,132 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
No town among the 638 in Florida we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Roosevelt Gardens. Among residents locally, 22% live below the poverty line. Jobs in Roosevelt Gardens grew by 51 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 132. Also worth knowing: the median household income for Roosevelt Gardens comes to $50,000.
| Roosevelt Gardens | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 22% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $50,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.1% | 5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: high risk in Roosevelt Gardens, mostly inland flooding
Roosevelt Gardens’ natural-hazard score from FEMA is 76 of 100. It has had 138 paid flood insurance claims since 1979. 44% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 42%. One declared disaster, in 2017, has brought federal aid to Roosevelt Gardens households.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mild winters and hot summers in Roosevelt Gardens
January nights average 58.8°, milder than in 100% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 90.7°. The Ft Lauderdale weather station records that about 75 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 76% of Florida places with climate records.
Snow is almost unheard of. The midsummer high here is 91°F.
| Roosevelt Gardens | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 59°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with most of Florida and the rest of the country, trail density in Roosevelt Gardens is higher
Across 1 park or preserve: 0.9 miles of trail. One park or preserve covers 7 acres in Roosevelt Gardens. Protected or conserved: 4.6% of the land here.
| Roosevelt Gardens | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 3.0 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.6% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Roosevelt Gardens Park | 0.6 mi | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Roosevelt Gardens sell for about $385K
In Roosevelt Gardens, just over two in five households own their home. For Roosevelt Gardens, the going rate for rent is $1,355 a month.
| Roosevelt Gardens | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 42% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,355 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Roosevelt Gardens
Colleges nearby
14 within 15 miles of the center of Roosevelt Gardens
About 2 of every 100 Roosevelt Gardens residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
100% of working residents leave Roosevelt Gardens for work
Where Roosevelt Gardens’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Roosevelt Gardens
CDP in Florida, United States
Roosevelt Gardens is a census-designated place (CDP) in Broward County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,749 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 3 ft
Roosevelt Gardens’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Roosevelt Gardens.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Gardens | #535 | D | C− | — | B | D− |
| Fort Lauderdale | #496 | C− | D− | D− | B | B |
| Lauderhill | #529 | D | C− | — | B | D |
Roosevelt Gardens and Lauderhill report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Roosevelt Gardens with a neighbor →
Questions about Roosevelt Gardens
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Roosevelt Gardens, FL a good place to live?
Roosevelt Gardens grades D overall, better than 11% of U.S. towns and #535 of 634 in Florida. It grades D− for health and B for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Roosevelt Gardens, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $310,000, 18% below the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.