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SheetFL-MIRAMAR-FL · Miramar, FL 135,986 pop · income 67th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Miramar
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Miramar on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Dayton · lowest
43,454
Dayton · lowest
43,454 median HH income
40.4% of the leader · rank #1
Ponderosa Pin… · near
86,102
Ponderosa Pin… · near
86,102 median HH income
80.1% of the leader · rank #2
Miramar · this city
86,109
Miramar · this city
86,109 median HH income
80.1% of the leader · rank #3
Axis · near
86,111
Axis · near
86,111 median HH income
80.1% of the leader · rank #4
Allenwood · near
86,111
Allenwood · near
86,111 median HH income
80.1% of the leader · rank #5
Wright · near
86,115
Wright · near
86,115 median HH income
80.1% of the leader · rank #6
Stamford · highest
107,474
Stamford · highest
107,474 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Miramar on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 135,986.
Nationally, Miramar sits in the 67th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
67th
percentile, household income
79th
percentile, home value
73rd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Miramar, FL
Florida's Miramar is a mid-sized U.S. city, with 135,986 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Miramar brings in $86,109 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.8%. Home values in Miramar run a median of $420,300, and the median resident age is 39.5 years. Educational attainment runs 34.8% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 68.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 449 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 393% from five years earlier.
Florida carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Florida scores 103.4 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,526 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Florida's average monthly utility costs around $225 (state average). The average commute for Miramar workers runs 27.3 minutes, with 76.8% driving alone and 10.5% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 75.7 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Miramar's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to population change to schools and households to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Miramar, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, local building permits, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Miramar?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +8,052 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +6.0% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 449 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The NCES join finds 24 public schools within the city match. 34.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Which cities make useful reference points for Miramar?
Within Florida, the closest population matches are Coral Springs (133,962 residents, $90,643 income); Gainesville (143,611 residents, $45,611 income); Lehigh Acres (127,391 residents, $62,330 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Victorville, CA (135,983 residents); Elizabeth, NJ (135,887 residents); Stamford, CT (135,806 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Miramar?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 76.8%. The reported mean trip to work is 27.3 minutes.
Public transit
2.1%
Work from home
10.5%
Drive alone
76.8%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 73,392 workers age 16+.
Above median income · poverty 5.8% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Florida average
C-
City profile score · Miramar, FL
54/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share B-
34.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B-
$86,109
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C+
5.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
103.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Miramar profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 66/100 (B-) · 34.8%
Household income: 65/100 (B-) · $86,109
Poverty rate: 60/100 (C+) · 5.8%
Cost of living: 25/100 (F) · 103.4 index
How does Miramar compare to other US cities?
Here's how Miramar stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income67% higher than other cities
Home value79% pricier than other cities
Median rent73% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Miramar against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Florida only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Florida-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Miramar near the bottom of Florida's cities
Among the 930 Florida cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Miramar ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Miramar only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#260 of 903
71st percentile in Florida
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 930
0th percentile in Florida
Median Home Value
#211 of 894
76th percentile in Florida
Poverty Rate
#578 of 930
38th percentile in Florida
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#324 of 930
65th percentile in Florida
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Florida only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
67th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Miramar's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$420,30021st percentilemore affordable than 21% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Miramar's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#12,681 of 15,516
More affordable than 18% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#441 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 4.9×, Miramar sits in the moderate band:
national rank #12,681 of 15,516 and #441 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$86,109Miramar, FL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Miramar, FL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Miramar, FL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)34.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)68.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
135,986
Median Income
$86,109
Median Home Value
$420,300
Median Age
39.5
Poverty Rate
5.8%
Labor force participation
68.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
34.8%
Schools
Total Schools
24
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Miramar's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
134,518 residents
2021
135,372 residents
2022
138,493 residents
2023
140,868 residents
2024
141,432 residents
2025
142,570 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
449
housing units authorized
Single-Family
2
detached homes
Multifamily
447
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
3.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
91
49
42
$14.0M
2020
684
50
634
$59.4M
2021
545
214
331
$75.9M
2022
104
104
0
$26.2M
2023
21
5
16
$2.7M
2024
449
2
447
$48.9M
Permit volume increased 393% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
27.3 minutes
Drive Alone
76.8%
Carpool
8.3%
Public Transit
2.1%
Walk
0.7%
Work from Home
10.5%
Other
1.6%
Based on 73,392 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Florida statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $225
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Florida at $225 (electricity about $145 , water and sewer about $55 ).
These are Florida statewide averages, not a meter reading for Miramar. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Florida's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.4 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Miramar is $1,526/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Florida statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 75.7 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Florida statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Miramar sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Miramar compares to similar-size Florida cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.