Scores by category

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

Safety52#7,441/15,637
Economy86#2,113/15,631
Housing0#14,907/14,977
Health92#1,267/15,609
Healthcare59#6,429/15,650
Environment41#9,060/15,453
Education90#1,537/15,649
Infrastructure87#2,017/15,650
Community58#6,602/15,651
Leisure & amenities85#2,342/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Weston, 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 smoking · low6.6%
98/100Florida 14.8%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Depression · low14.8%
98/100Florida 18.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Frequent mental distress · low13.2%
97/100Florida 18.7%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Bachelor's degree or higher · high67.6%
96/100Florida 34.2%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Rent-burdened households · high62.4%
2/100Florida 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 · high35.3%
7/100Florida 35.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
9/100Florida 0.2 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesBroward County value
Social associations · low5.9 /10k
11/100Florida 6.9 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBroward County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
0.4 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$107,908 (2015-2019) → $139,825 (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
63.0% (2015-2019) → 67.6% (2020-2024)
+4.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
4.5× (2015-2019) → 5.0× (2020-2024)
+11%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
95.8% (2015-2019) → 97.7% (2020-2024)
+2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Average commute timeImproving
32.8 min (2015-2019) → 29.6 min (2020-2024)
−9.7%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Weston, Florida improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 11 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.

Improved2

Bachelor's++4.6 points63.0% → 67.6%
Household income+30%$107,908 → $139,825

Declined1

Price / income+0.5×4.5× → 5.0×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Weston, Florida between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	32.8 min2015-2019	29.6 min2020-2024	−3.2 min	Within the margin of error	80%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.0%2015-2019	67.6%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Improved	65%
Broadband subscriptions	95.8%2015-2019	97.7%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Child poverty rate	6.6%2015-2019	8.1%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Effective property tax rate	1.22%2015-2019	1.14%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
High school diploma or higher	97.0%2015-2019	97.1%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Home price to income ratio	4.5×2015-2019	5.0×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	47%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4722015-2019	0.4492020-2024	−0.023	Within the margin of error	70%
Median household income	$107,9082015-2019	$139,8252020-2024	+30%	Improved	54%
Poverty rate	6.3%2015-2019	6.1%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Rent as share of income	34.7%2015-2019	35.3%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Rent-burdened households	60.9%2015-2019	62.4%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Unemployment rate	4.5%2015-2019	3.9%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.0%2015-2019	6.0%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	59%

“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 Weston, Florida five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Weston, 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, Weston, Florida itself moved +1.8 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

68,837 residents (±65)

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

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

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

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

68,837 residents (±65)

Weston, Florida
Florida share

White27%18,502
Black3.1%†2,143
Hispanic or Latino57%39,111

Education

44,308 residents (±966)

Weston, Florida
Florida share

No high school diploma2.9%1,274
High school or GED8.9%3,935
Some college11%5,054

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

21,773 households (±509)

Weston, Florida
Florida share

Under $25k6.5%1,417
$25k–50k7.5%1,626
$50k–75k11%2,306
$75k–100k11%2,369
$100k–150k19%4,091
$150k–200k14%3,029
$200k or more32%6,935

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+10.0 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

21,773 households (±509)

Weston, Florida
Florida share

Own73%15,901
Rent27%5,872

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

5,761 households (±645)

Weston, Florida
Florida share

Under $7500.1%†4
$750–1,0000.3%†20
$1,000–1,5003.1%†178

Home values

15,901 homes (±801)

Weston, Florida
Florida share

Under $150k1.8%†292
$150k–250k2.2%†353
$250k–400k9.8%1,565

Age of homes

23,227 homes (±521)

Weston, Florida
Florida share

2010 or later2.1%†479
2000–200923%5,429
1980–199968%15,776

Size of homes

23,227 homes (±521)

Weston, Florida
Florida share

Studio1.1%†260
1 bedroom3.7%†854
2 bedrooms22%5,172

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

33,097 workers (±1,131)

Weston, Florida
Florida share

Drive alone61%20,113
Carpool8.4%2,785
Public transit0.1%†32
Walk2.2%†723
Bike0.1%†45
Work from home27%9,019
Other1.1%†380

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−16.8 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

24,078 workers (±1,154)

Weston, Florida
Florida share

Under 15 min18%4,305
15–29 min36%8,589
30–44 min25%6,074

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 Weston'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 $8.6M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Weston, Florida: $124 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $8.6M; +24% vs FY2025
Per resident: $124; US $1,994
Sole-source: 3.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 97%; 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

Department of Veterans Affairs$7.9M92%
Drug Enforcement Administration$317.6K3.7%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$197.3K2.3%
National Institutes of Health$129.1K1.5%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection$56K0.7%
Federal Aviation Administration$41.8K0.5%
USTRANSCOM$12.1K0.1%
Defense Logistics Agency$5,4810.1%

Top recipients

AGILE4VETS LLC$8.4M99%
GLC ON-THE-GO, INC.$346.4K4.0%
DEFENSE & DEVELOPMENT ENTERPRISES LLC$247K2.9%
METLANG LLC$228.8K2.7%
ATT MOBILITY LLC$88.6K1.0%
1AL SOLUTIONS LLC

Spending by fiscal year

9.4MFY2017
7.2MFY2018
3.7MFY2019
4.3MFY2020
4.2MFY2021
3.6MFY2022
8.9MFY2023
14.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$7.9M93%
Employment services · 5613$326.4K3.8%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$228.3K2.7%
Wired and wireless telecommunications carriers · 5173$88.6K1.0%
Support activities for air transportation · 4881$60.8K0.7%
Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors · 2381

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Weston, Florida

PHARMACIST FOR THE INTRAMURAL RESEARCH PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING PHARMACY$362.4K
GLC ON-THE-GO, INC.· Broward County, FL· Professional services· Dec 13, 2024 – Dec 12, 2025· 75N95025F00037
TITLE: RECURRING - AT&T - FIRST NET REQUESTOR: LINNETTE BANCHS AFT#: 2026-MI-0041 REF AWARD/BPA: 47QTCA19D00MV POP DATES: 07/01/2026 TO 12/31/2026$117.6K
ATT MOBILITY LLC· Broward County, FL· IT & telecom· Jun 9, 2026 – Jul 30, 2026· 15DDHQ26F00000559
GLC ON-THE-GO MLP (NP/PA) APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 2025 RP#: 0180-25 TASK ORDER TO COVER FIRST PORTION OF PERFORMANCE PERIOD 5: APRIL 1, 2025 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2025.$112.4K
GLC ON-THE-GO, INC.· Broward County, FL· Health & medical· Apr 14, 2025 – Dec 16, 2025· 15B30225F00000055

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

Weston, Florida's figures are part of those of Broward County, FL ($395.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 2.2% of that total.

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

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

House

Senate

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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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