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Best places to live in Greater Fort Lauderdale

47 places with 1,670,235 residents within about 40 km of Fort Lauderdale, ranked for 29 household profiles. Local data: official statistics on affordability, green space, education and family, health and elderly, jobs and economy, lifestyle and amenities, mobility and connectivity and safety and community (local or regional figures, sources on every place page) plus population and geography.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Fort Lauderdale, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Pembroke Pines
    Florida, 166,611 residents    49
  2. 2Boca Del Mar
    Florida, 24,244 residents    49
  3. 3Lighthouse Point
    Florida, 11,104 residents    47
  4. 4Cooper City
    Florida, 35,364 residents    46
  5. 5Boca Raton
    Florida, 93,235 residents    46
  6. 6Lauderdale Lakes
    Florida, 34,796 residents    46
  7. 7Boca Pointe
    Florida, 4,073 residents    46
  8. 8Lauderhill
    Florida, 71,579 residents    45
  9. 9Weston (Florida)
    Florida, 69,959 residents    45
  10. 10Sunrise
    Florida, 84,439 residents    44

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For retired couples

  1. 1Boca Del Mar
    Florida, 24,244 residents    64
  2. 2Boca Raton
    Florida, 93,235 residents    63
  3. 3Lauderdale Lakes
    Florida, 34,796 residents    63
  4. 4Boca Pointe
    Florida, 4,073 residents    62
  5. 5Lighthouse Point
    Florida, 11,104 residents    62
  6. 6Villages of Oriole
    Florida, 4,755 residents    62
  7. 7Cooper City
    Florida, 35,364 residents    61
  8. 8Weston (Florida)
    Florida, 69,959 residents    61
  9. 9Delray Beach
    Florida, 66,255 residents    60
  10. 10Lauderhill
    Florida, 71,579 residents    60

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For remote workers

  1. 1Pembroke Pines
    Florida, 166,611 residents    57
  2. 2Boca Raton
    Florida, 93,235 residents    57
  3. 3Lauderdale Lakes
    Florida, 34,796 residents    57
  4. 4Boca Del Mar
    Florida, 24,244 residents    56
  5. 5Lighthouse Point
    Florida, 11,104 residents    56
  6. 6Cooper City
    Florida, 35,364 residents    56
  7. 7Weston (Florida)
    Florida, 69,959 residents    56
  8. 8Delray Beach
    Florida, 66,255 residents    55
  9. 9Oakland Park
    Florida, 44,319 residents    55
  10. 10Lauderhill
    Florida, 71,579 residents    55

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For commuters

  1. 1Pembroke Pines
    Florida, 166,611 residents    82
  2. 2Hollywood (Florida)
    Florida, 149,728 residents    81
  3. 3Fort Lauderdale
    Florida, 183,146 residents    81
  4. 4Davie
    Florida, 100,882 residents    80
  5. 5Pompano Beach
    Florida, 107,762 residents    80
  6. 6Sunrise
    Florida, 84,439 residents    79
  7. 7Coconut Creek
    Florida, 59,302 residents    77
  8. 8Lauderhill
    Florida, 71,579 residents    77
  9. 9Plantation (Florida, 92,560 residents)
    Florida, 92,560 residents    77
  10. 10Cooper City
    Florida, 35,364 residents    76

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For single professionals

  1. 1Pembroke Pines
    Florida, 166,611 residents    78
  2. 2Hollywood (Florida)
    Florida, 149,728 residents    76
  3. 3Fort Lauderdale
    Florida, 183,146 residents    75
  4. 4Davie
    Florida, 100,882 residents    74
  5. 5Pompano Beach
    Florida, 107,762 residents    73
  6. 6Plantation (Florida, 92,560 residents)
    Florida, 92,560 residents    72
  7. 7Sunrise
    Florida, 84,439 residents    72
  8. 8Lauderhill
    Florida, 71,579 residents    72
  9. 9Coconut Creek
    Florida, 59,302 residents    71
  10. 10Oakland Park
    Florida, 44,319 residents    70

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Pembroke Pines
    Florida, 166,611 residents    28
  2. 2Hollywood (Florida)
    Florida, 149,728 residents    26
  3. 3Fort Lauderdale
    Florida, 183,146 residents    26
  4. 4Sunrise
    Florida, 84,439 residents    25
  5. 5Boca Raton
    Florida, 93,235 residents    25
  6. 6Lauderhill
    Florida, 71,579 residents    25
  7. 7Plantation (Florida, 92,560 residents)
    Florida, 92,560 residents    25
  8. 8Pompano Beach
    Florida, 107,762 residents    25
  9. 9Boca Del Mar
    Florida, 24,244 residents    25
  10. 10Oakland Park
    Florida, 44,319 residents    25

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Towns in Greater Fort Lauderdale