A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Lighthouse Point$4,610/mo

Typical home $774K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.85% · or rent about $1,880/mo · Housing →

Pompano Beach$2,110/mo

Typical home $352K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.91% · or rent about $1,724/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,490 a month, about $29,900 a year, between Lighthouse Point and Pompano Beach.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Pompano Beach places higher on 9 of 19 FL lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Florida ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

BLighthouse PointSafer than 56% of U.S. towns –Pompano BeachNot graded

Schools

C+Lighthouse PointBetter than 38% of districts in the state C+Pompano BeachBetter than 38% of districts in the state

Health

ALighthouse PointHealthier than 92% of U.S. towns C+Pompano BeachHealthier than 41% of U.S. towns

8Lighthouse Point

9Pompano Beach

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Fewest uninsuredHealth · 633 towns #44#456 HealthiestHealth · 632 towns #29#399 Most activeHealth · 633 towns #24#387 Fewest smokersHealth · 633 towns #52#360 Most affordableCost of living · 630 towns #589#321 Fastest growingGrowth · 614 towns #504#247 Most educatedPeople · 635 towns #88#316 Highest incomeIncome · 635 towns #165#390

Left end = #1 in Florida. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Lighthouse Point’s rankings →

Where they are

Lighthouse Point and Pompano Beach share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Lighthouse PointPompano Beach

Lighthouse Point ↔ Pompano Beach3.9 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

518 Lighthouse Point residents work in Pompano Beach (12.4% of its workers)

Work & commute in Lighthouse Point →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Lighthouse PointPompano Beach

Snow a year0″0″

January low60°F 60°F

July high91°F 91°F

Growing season (days)365d 365d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)79th 71st

Outdoors & history

Lighthouse PointPompano Beach

Trails0 mi 29 mi

Conserved land1.3%1.9%

Settled1947 1880

National Register places1 3

Community

Lighthouse PointPompano Beach

Library hours a week40 hrs 46 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Florida average

Lighthouse PointPompano Beach

People

Population 10,600Lowest 114,147Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.4%Lowest FL: +14.6% +12.2%Highest FL: +14.6%

Median age 56.3±2.3Highest 32% above FL 41.3±1.3Lowest 3% below FL

Kids under 18 13.6%±2.7Lowest FL: 19.5% 19.1%±1.4Highest FL: 19.5%

Age 65+ 29.3%±4.4Highest FL: 21.3% 19.3%±1.1Lowest FL: 21.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 51.8%Highest FL: 34.1% 30.8%Lowest FL: 34.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.8%±1.6Lowest FL: 6.1% 5%±0.8Highest FL: 6.1%

Pompano Beach and Lighthouse Point are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $92,135±$10kHighest 24% above FL $67,195±$2kLowest 10% below FL

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $688,400±$63kHighest 92% above FL $349,300±$12kLowest about the FL average

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,880±$230Highest 13% above FL $1,724±$47Lowest 3% above FL

Lighthouse Point and Pompano Beach are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,844Highest 114% above FL $3,193Lowest 17% above FL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 58%±17.6Lowest FL: 60.1% 62.3%±4.1Highest FL: 60.1%

Pompano Beach and Lighthouse Point are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 6.8%Lowest FL: 12.6% 15.2%Highest FL: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77.3%Highest FL: 67.6% 55.5%Lowest FL: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1967Lowest 21 yrs older than FL 1974Highest 14 yrs older than FL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest about the FL average 27 minLowest 3% below FL

Work from home 11.7%±3.3Lowest FL: 15.7% 12%±1.5Highest FL: 15.7%

Pompano Beach and Lighthouse Point are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 6.3%Lowest 15.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.3 miHighest 8.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.62Lowest 1.31Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Pompano Beach (12%)Fort Lauderdale (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 12% work in Pompano BeachFew work in Lighthouse Point

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.3%Lowest 1.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 29.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 1.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 21Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 140Highest 107Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#398 of 488 in FL

School district —BROWARD

High school in town —Blanche Ely High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 23.5

Florida average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Lighthouse Point vs Pompano Beach

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $2,490 more a month in Lighthouse Point

Pompano Beach places higher on 9 of 19 FL lists

Lighthouse Point and Pompano Beach share a border

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