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%

Pompano Beach$2,110/mo

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

Hialeah$2,530/mo

Typical home $443K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.57% · or rent about $1,689/mo · Housing →

The difference: $420 a month, about $5,000 a year, between Hialeah 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 11 of 22 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.

Schools

C+Pompano BeachBetter than 38% of districts in the state B−HialeahBetter than 49% of districts in the state

Health

C+Pompano BeachHealthier than 41% of U.S. towns C+HialeahHealthier than 35% of U.S. towns

11Pompano Beach

9Hialeah

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most trailsOutdoors · 430 towns #72#426 Fastest growingGrowth · 614 towns #247#531 Most activeHealth · 633 towns #387#615 Lowest depressionHealth · 633 towns #186#7 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 633 towns #456#622 Lowest property taxCost of living · 626 towns #423#264 Fewest smokersHealth · 633 towns #360#229 Best schoolsSchools · 488 towns #398#302

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

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

Pompano BeachHialeah

Snow a year0″0″

January low60°F 59°F

July high91°F 90°F

Growing season (days)365d 365d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)71st 69th

Outdoors & history

Pompano BeachHialeah

Trails29 mi 2 mi

Conserved land1.9%1.6%

Settled1880 —

National Register places3 2

Archive photos—12

Famous people born here—43

Community

Pompano BeachHialeah

Library hours a week46 hrs 43 hrs

Colleges in town—2

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.

Where they are

28 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Pompano BeachHialeah

Pompano Beach ↔ Hialeah28 miles apart

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

Pompano BeachHialeah

People

Population 114,147Lowest 226,165Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +12.2%Highest FL: +14.6% -0.7%Lowest FL: +14.6%

Median age 41.3±1.3Lowest 3% below FL 45.8±0.6Highest 8% above FL

Kids under 18 19.1%±1.4Highest FL: 19.5% 16.8%±0.7Lowest FL: 19.5%

Age 65+ 19.3%±1.1Lowest FL: 21.3% 20.3%±0.8Highest FL: 21.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 30.8%Highest FL: 34.1% 22.1%Lowest FL: 34.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5%±0.8Lowest FL: 6.1% 5.6%±0.5Highest FL: 6.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $67,195±$2kHighest 10% below FL $55,594±$2kLowest 25% below FL

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $349,300±$12kLowest about the FL average $392,000±$11kHighest 9% above FL

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,724±$47Highest 3% above FL $1,689±$24Lowest about the FL average

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,193Highest 17% above FL $2,228Lowest 18% below FL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 62.3%±4.1Lowest FL: 60.1% 64%±3.4Highest FL: 60.1%

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

Below poverty line 15.2%Lowest FL: 12.6% 17%Highest FL: 12.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 55.5%Highest FL: 67.6% 46.6%Lowest FL: 67.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1974Lowest 14 yrs older than FL 1975Highest 13 yrs older than FL

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minLowest 3% below FL 29 minHighest 4% above FL

Work from home 12%±1.5Lowest FL: 15.7% 13.4%±1.1Highest FL: 15.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 15.3%Lowest 15.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.8 miHighest 7.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.31Highest 0.67Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Fort Lauderdale (15%)Miami (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HialeahFew work in Pompano Beach

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.9%Highest 1.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 29.3 miHighest 1.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.2 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 21Lowest 22Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 107Lowest 154Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #398 of 488 in FL #302 of 488 in FL

School district BROWARDMIAMI-DADE

High school in town Blanche Ely High SchoolHialeah Senior High School

Students per teacherat that high school 23.5Highest 19.0Lowest

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.

Pompano Beach vs Hialeah

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $420 more a month in Hialeah

Pompano Beach places higher on 11 of 22 FL lists

What daily life feels like in each

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