City · Broward County, Florida

Lighthouse Point, Florida

Lighthouse Point is a city in Broward County, Florida, part of the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area. It has 10,600 residents. Lighthouse Point, Florida has a quality-of-life score of 71 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,522 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Florida it ranks #99 of 780 cities and towns. It ranks best on distance to an emergency room (low), new business applications (high) and adult obesity (low). It ranks worst on income inequality (Gini index) (high), hot days (high) and students per teacher (high).

71High

Quality-of-life score: #4,522 of 15,651 cities and towns
Florida: #99 of 780 in FL
Population: 10,600 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 4,595.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 1240450

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety52#7,441/15,637
Economy79#3,215/15,631
Housing5#14,231/14,977
Health91#1,456/15,609
Healthcare46#8,404/15,650
Environment41#9,060/15,453
Education79#3,307/15,649
Infrastructure91#1,486/15,650
Community58#6,602/15,651
Leisure & amenities85#2,342/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lighthouse Point, Florida ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Broward County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Distance to an emergency room · low2.3 mi
99/100Florida 4.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesBroward County value
New business applications · high36.0 /1k
99/100Florida 27.6 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauBroward County value
Adult obesity · low24.3%
95/100Florida 34.5%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Access to exercise opportunities · high98.0%
92/100Florida 87.8%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBroward County value
Physical inactivity · low16.3%
91/100Florida 25.5%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Food insecurity · low8.2%
91/100Florida 17.9%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.562
1/100Florida 0.485United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Hot days · high124 days
3/100Florida 102 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationBroward County value
Students per teacher · high21.7×
4/100Florida 18.3×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsBroward County value
Rent-burdened households · high58.0%
4/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Home price to income ratio · high7.5×
5/100Florida 4.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent as share of income · high39.5%
6/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
11,195 (2015-2019) → 10,600 (2020-2024)
−5.3%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
1.3 /1k (2021) → 2.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+106%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
88.6% (2015-2019) → 95.7% (2020-2024)
+7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
33.1% (2015-2019) → 39.5% (2020-2024)
+6.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
8.2% (2015-2019) → 13.0% (2020-2024)
+4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
48.4% (2015-2019) → 51.8% (2020-2024)
+3.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Lighthouse Point, Florida improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+7.2 points88.6% → 95.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Lighthouse Point, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.2 min2015-2019	28.7 min2020-2024	+2.4 min	Within the margin of error	24%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.4%2015-2019	51.8%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Broadband subscriptions	88.6%2015-2019	95.7%2020-2024	+7.2 points	Improved	44%
Effective property tax rate	1.03%2015-2019	0.87%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	51%
High school diploma or higher	96.3%2015-2019	96.8%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Home price to income ratio	6.6×2015-2019	7.5×2020-2024	+0.9×	Within the margin of error	28%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5242015-2019	0.5622020-2024	+0.038	Within the margin of error	22%
Median household income	$81,4452015-2019	$92,1352020-2024	+13%	Within the margin of error	21%
Poverty rate	5.8%2015-2019	6.8%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Rent as share of income	33.1%2015-2019	39.5%2020-2024	+6.4 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Rent-burdened households	61.1%2015-2019	58.0%2020-2024	−3.1 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Unemployment rate	3.1%2015-2019	3.3%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.2%2015-2019	13.0%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Within the margin of error	11%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Lighthouse Point, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lighthouse Point, Florida in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Lighthouse Point, Florida itself moved −2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

10,600 residents (±32)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

5,373 households (±278)

Lighthouse Point, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k10%†563
$25k–50k22%1,175
$50k–75k8.5%457

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

5,373 households (±278)

Lighthouse Point, Florida
Florida share

Own77%4,154
Rent23%1,219

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

5,121 workers (±438)

Lighthouse Point, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone78%3,984
Carpool6.2%†319
Public transit0.3%†

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Broward County, the county holding most of Lighthouse Point's residents.

Broward County has 68,191 employer establishments, 341 for every 10,000 residents (1.37× the US rate of 248; 1.21× Florida's), with 780,632 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,265. The Census Bureau also counts 404,638 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 68,191; 404,638 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 341; US 248 · Florida 282
Paid employees: 780,632
Average annual pay: $61,265; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Broward County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	6,283	31.4	1.51×More than typical	59,236	$69,313	26,594
Lessors of real estate	4,330	21.6	1.76×More than typical	23,687	$54,903	43,730
Specialty trade contractors	3,846	19.2	1.24×About typical	34,491	$65,144	21,214
Restaurants and other eating places	3,805	19	1.04×About typical	70,203	$25,125	2,650
Management, scientific and technical consulting	3,548	17.7	2.64×More than typical	12,413	$64,790	13,975
Legal services	2,844	14.2	2.64×More than typical	13,957	$107,796	3,221
Offices of physicians	2,139	10.7	1.65×More than typical	24,684	$95,038	2,530
Offices of other health practitioners	1,985	9.9	1.63×More than typical	8,009	$49,288	8,157
Real estate agents and brokers	1,975	9.9	2.03×More than typical	3,118	$69,517	10,915
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,897	9.5	1.41×More than typical	18,901	$31,377	26,878
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	1,838	9.2	2.26×More than typical	7,244	$76,868	4,989
Insurance agencies and brokerages	1,732	8.7	1.97×More than typical	18,535	$64,766	7,777

Rank places for an industry Open Broward County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 2,000,041 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $189.9K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Lighthouse Point, Florida: $17.91 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $189.9K; +87% vs FY2025
Per resident: $17.91; US $1,994
Sole-source: 35%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.7%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

National Park Service$112.9K59%
Department of the Navy$60.9K32%
U.S. Coast Guard$11.5K6.0%
Department of Veterans Affairs$7,1183.7%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$5,2772.8%

Top recipients

RHODES STRATEGY INC.$112.9K59%
TURBINE MARINE INC$55.7K29%
B & B MARKETING ENTERPRISES LLLP$11.5K6.0%
CONCURRENT REAL-TIME, INC.$10.5K5.5%
HOME HEALTHCARE 2000 INC.$7,1183.7%

Spending by fiscal year

247.6KFY2017
381.6KFY2018
182.7KFY2019
675.5KFY2020
1.8MFY2021
794.4KFY2022
696.9KFY2023
723.3K

Top industries (NAICS)

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$112.9K59%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment repair and maintenance · 8113$55.7K29%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$11.5K6.0%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$7,1183.7%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$5,2772.8%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Lighthouse Point, Florida, so they do not add up across cities.

Lighthouse Point, Florida's figures are part of those of Broward County, FL ($395.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Lighthouse Point is mostly in Broward County.

See federal money in Broward County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Lighthouse Point, Florida is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

Rick Scott

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Broward County73100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL66

Other cities and towns in Broward County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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