Margate is home to 59,198 people in Florida. The foreign-born share is 41%. The median age is 45.0, about 6 years above the US median. Density works out to 6,758 people per square mile. 77% of homes are owner-occupied. About 25% of adults have finished a four-year degree.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $62,450, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 45.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
25% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 111%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Margate
What changed most since 1990
White share87.2% → 29.2%(−58.0 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Black share3.5% → 33.2%(+29.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Poverty rate7.7% → 12.1%(+4.3 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Margate's population equals 3.0% of Broward County's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 2.1% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 2.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)31.5%(695)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)17.9%(395)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era25.7%(567)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.9%(43)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.5%(10)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,207 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Margate, decade by decade
Margate population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
42,985
$68,318
$199,446
12.3%
29.1
2000
53,909
$70,538
$149,922
17.0%
62.9
2010
53,284
$65,908
$243,262
21.6%
84.4
2020
58,712
$56,311
$260,952
21.6%
90.9
2024
59,198
$62,450
$316,200
24.7%
90.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
