Who owns and who rents in Fort Lauderdale?

The share of households that own versus rent in Fort Lauderdale, FL, how that split has changed since 2015 and how it compares with the county, state and nation.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

Fort Lauderdale's housing is split like this.

Homeowner households: 54% — U.S.: 65%

Occupied households

• Own: 43380
• Rent: 37195

Homeownership rate

• Fort Lauderdale: 53.8
• Broward County: 63.3
• FL: 67.3
• U.S.: 65

What it means

54% of households here own their home — 11 percentage points lower than the national rate of 65%.

Since 2015, the homeowner share has risen by about 1.6 percentage points.