Scores by category

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

Safety52#7,441/15,637
Economy68#5,053/15,631
Housing3#14,545/14,977
Health80#3,069/15,609
Healthcare49#8,042/15,650
Environment41#9,060/15,453
Education70#4,622/15,649
Infrastructure58#6,627/15,650
Community58#6,602/15,651
Leisure & amenities85#2,342/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Miramar, 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
Depression · low14.3%
99/100Florida 18.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-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
Distance to an Amtrak station · low6 mi
91/100Florida 27 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauBroward County value
Distance to an airport · low10 mi
90/100Florida 21 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauBroward County value

Weaknesses

Rent-burdened households · high66.2%
1/100Florida 60.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
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 as share of income · high38.2%
6/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Average commute time · high31.1 min
7/100Florida 28.0 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
9/100Florida 0.2 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesBroward County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
4.1 /1k (2021) → 0.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−79%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
27.3% (2015-2019) → 37.4% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
86.1% (2015-2019) → 92.5% (2020-2024)
+6.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
60.4% (2015-2019) → 66.2% (2020-2024)
+5.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$70,669 (2015-2019) → $89,125 (2020-2024)
+26%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
33.6% (2015-2019) → 38.2% (2020-2024)
+4.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Miramar, Florida improved on 4 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 9 moved within the margin of error and 1 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.

Improved4

Bachelor's++10 points27.3% → 37.4%
Uninsured−2.9 points14.4% → 11.5%
Household income+26%$70,669 → $89,125
Broadband+6.4 points86.1% → 92.5%

Declined1

Price / income+0.9×4.2× → 5.2×

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Miramar, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	30.0 min2015-2019	31.1 min2020-2024	+1.1 min	Within the margin of error	35%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%2015-2019	37.4%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	90%
Broadband subscriptions	86.1%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+6.4 points	Improved	40%
Child poverty rate	12.0%2015-2019	10.4%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Effective property tax rate	1.22%2015-2019	0.92%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	75%
High school diploma or higher	91.4%2015-2019	91.3%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Home price to income ratio	4.2×2015-2019	5.2×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	24%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4142015-2019	0.4182020-2024	+0.005	Within the margin of error	46%
Median household income	$70,6692015-2019	$89,1252020-2024	+26%	Improved	47%
Poverty rate	10.0%2015-2019	8.5%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Public transit commuters	1.6%2015-2019	2.1%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	98%
Rent as share of income	33.6%2015-2019	38.2%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Rent-burdened households	60.4%2015-2019	66.2%2020-2024	+5.7 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Unemployment rate	5.0%2015-2019	4.5%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.4%2015-2019	11.5%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Improved	76%

“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 Miramar, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Miramar, 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, Miramar, Florida itself moved −2.3 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

138,600 residents (±86)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (−2.0 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

138,600 residents (±86)

Miramar, Florida
Florida share

White9.4%12,965
Black43%58,968
Hispanic or Latino39%54,498

Education

96,769 residents (±1,864)

Miramar, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma8.7%8,456
High school or GED29%27,857
Some college15%14,426

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

45,029 households (±1,104)

Miramar, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k10%4,568
$25k–50k14%6,527
$50k–75k15%6,963
$75k–100k15%6,962
$100k–150k20%9,053
$150k–200k11%4,744
$200k or more14%6,212

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−7.3 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

45,029 households (±1,104)

Miramar, Florida
Florida share

Own69%30,975
Rent31%14,054

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

13,548 households (±1,098)

Miramar, Florida
Florida share

Under $7501.0%†141
$750–1,0001.7%†237
$1,000–1,50013%1,707

Home values

30,975 homes (±1,174)

Miramar, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k5.4%1,675
$150k–250k7.8%2,418
$250k–400k24%7,503

Age of homes

46,380 homes (±1,134)

Miramar, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later9.1%4,215
2000–200933%15,091
1980–199929%13,622

Size of homes

46,380 homes (±1,134)

Miramar, Florida
Florida share

Studio3.3%†1,533
1 bedroom6.4%2,980
2 bedrooms23%10,827

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

73,947 workers (±1,606)

Miramar, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone74%54,707
Carpool8.3%6,104
Public transit2.1%†1,535
Walk1.0%†763
Bike0.2%†124
Work from home13%9,399
Other1.8%†1,315

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−14.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

64,548 workers (±1,788)

Miramar, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min12%7,653
15–29 min38%24,685
30–44 min27%17,653

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Miramar'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 $43.7M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Miramar, Florida: $316 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $43.7M; −4.7% vs FY2025
Per resident: $316; US $1,994
Sole-source: 8.6%; US 30%
Single offer: 14%; 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

Office of Procurement Operations$17.3M39%
Defense Logistics Agency$12.9M29%
Offices, Boards and Divisions$3.3M7.4%
U.S. Coast Guard$3.1M7.1%
Federal Acquisition Service$2.9M6.6%
Department of the Navy$1.3M2.9%
Department of the Air Force$1.1M2.5%
Public Buildings Service$541.1K1.2%

Top recipients

BRADLEY TECHNOLOGIES INC$17.3M39%
ALLCLEAR AEROSPACE & DEFENSE, INC.$12.3M28%
INKAS USA, INC.$3.4M7.7%
JAMAICA BEARINGS CO. INC.$3.3M7.5%
VSE CORPORATION$3.3M7.5%

Spending by fiscal year

104.2MFY2017
158MFY2018
175.5MFY2019
215.6MFY2020
37.6MFY2021
26.7MFY2022
35.3MFY2023
27M

Top industries (NAICS)

Investigation and security services · 5616$17.3M39%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$8.1M19%
Other transportation equipment manufacturing · 3369$3.4M7.8%
Legal services · 5411$3.3M7.4%
Ventilation, heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration equipment manufacturing · 3334$2.9M6.7%
Other miscellaneous manufacturing · 3399$2M

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Miramar, Florida

TASK ORDER AWARD FOR PROTECTIVE SECURITY OFFICER SERVICES THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA$23.5M
BRADLEY TECHNOLOGIES INC· Broward County, FL· Facilities & utilities· Sep 30, 2025 – Aug 20, 2026· 70RFP125FRE400035
PROTECTIVE SECURITY OFFICER SERVICES THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA$22.6M
BRADLEY TECHNOLOGIES INC· Broward County, FL· Facilities & utilities· Sep 25, 2024 – Feb 18, 2026· 70RFP124FRE400028
ASSET RECOVERY$5M
VSE CORPORATION· Broward County, FL· Professional services· Dec 11, 2025 – Dec 11, 2025· 15JPSS26F00000252
TASK ORDER AWARD FOR PROTECTIVE SECURITY OFFICER SERVICES THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA

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 Miramar, Florida, so they do not add up across cities.

Miramar, Florida's figures are part of those of Broward County, FL ($395.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 11% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Miramar 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.

Miramar, 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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