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 →

Lighthouse Point$4,610/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

9Pompano Beach

8Lighthouse Point

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

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

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

Where they are

Pompano Beach and Lighthouse Point share a border

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

Pompano BeachLighthouse Point

Pompano Beach ↔ Lighthouse Point3.9 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

Pompano BeachLighthouse Point

Snow a year0″0″

January low60°F 60°F

July high91°F 91°F

Growing season (days)365d 365d

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

Outdoors & history

Pompano BeachLighthouse Point

Trails29 mi 0 mi

Conserved land1.9%1.3%

Settled1880 1947

National Register places3 1

Community

Pompano BeachLighthouse Point

Library hours a week46 hrs 40 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

Pompano BeachLighthouse Point

People

Population 114,147Highest 10,600Lowest

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

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

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

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

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

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5%±0.8Highest FL: 6.1% 3.8%±1.6Lowest 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 $67,195±$2kLowest 10% below FL $92,135±$10kHighest 24% above FL

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,724±$47Lowest 3% above FL $1,880±$230Highest 13% 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 $3,193Lowest 17% above FL $5,844Highest 114% above FL

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 62.3%±4.1Highest FL: 60.1% 58%±17.6Lowest 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 15.2%Highest FL: 12.6% 6.8%Lowest FL: 12.6%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 12%±1.5Highest FL: 15.7% 11.7%±3.3Lowest 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 15.3%Highest 6.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.8 miLowest 9.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Lighthouse Point12% work in Pompano Beach

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.9%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 29.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 21Highest 3Lowest

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

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.

Pompano Beach vs Lighthouse Point

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

Pompano Beach and Lighthouse Point share a border

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