Margate

Population & Demographics

Margate, FL

Margate is home to 59,198 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 27,813 resident workers commute each day.

FloridaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
59,198
people
Population

59,198 residents

Median age 45.0 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Margate population & demographics

Who lives in Margate — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
59,198
Median age
45.0yrs
Median household income
$62,450
Median home value
$316,200
Median gross rent
$1,750/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
24.7%
Poverty rate
12.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Margate

How Margate breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Black33.2%
White29.2%
Hispanic or Latino26.7%
Two or more races5.2%
Asian3.2%
Some other race2.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Margate

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Margate.

Margate at a glance
Employed Residents
27,813
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
8.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
5.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
10.5%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Fort Lauderdale
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Margate proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Margate commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

42 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Margate

27,813 commutes, one dot at a time

Margate

Where 27,813 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Margate, by worker count.

1Fort Lauderdale8.7 mi3,546
2Sunrise7.7 mi2,006
3Pompano Beach5.5 mi1,976
4Coral Springs3.4 mi1,753
5Boca Raton10.7 mi1,689
6Margate0.0 mi1,423
7Deerfield Beach7.0 mi1,264
8Coconut Creek2.9 mi957

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Margate.

1Coral Springs3.4 mi1,458
2Margate0.0 mi1,423
3Coconut Creek2.9 mi782
4Pompano Beach5.5 mi670
5Fort Lauderdale8.7 mi594
6Tamarac3.7 mi521
7North Lauderdale2.5 mi465
8Deerfield Beach7.0 mi442

Top industries

The sectors that employ Margate’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance23.2%
RTRetail Trade19.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services11.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.9%
COConstruction7.1%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.7%
PAPublic Administration4.2%
FIFinance and Insurance4.0%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)4.0%
Connectivity

Internet options for Margate

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

3 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Margate

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