Demographics of Margate city, Florida

Margate city, Florida had 60,070 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +1,286 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Margate city, in four figures

60,070
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 59,198 ±49.; +2.2%
Change since July 2020: +1,286 people.; 45.0 ±2.6
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $62,450 ±$7,066
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Margate city, Florida's population grew 2.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Margate city, Florida's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Margate city, Florida's population grew 2.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Margate city, Florida's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	58,784	100.0	100.0
2021	58,323	99.2	100.2
2022	58,973	100.3	100.7
2023	59,902	101.9	101.6
2024	60,149	102.3	102.5
2025	60,070	102.2	103.1

Population of Margate city, Florida on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	58,784	—
2021	58,323	−461
2022	58,973	+650
2023	59,902	+929
2024	60,149	+247
2025	60,070	−79

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 45.0 ±2.6: for men 42.4 ±1.9 and for women 48.6 ±2.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Margate city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Florida	United States
Under 5	2,359 ±461	4.0% ±0.8	5.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	7,865 ±887	13.3% ±1.5	14.5% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	3,971 ±615	6.7% ±1.0	8.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	15,436 ±1,376	26.1% ±2.3	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	15,672 ±1,266	26.5% ±2.1	25.7% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	13,895 ±1,225	23.5% ±2.1	21.3% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $62,450 ±$7,066, and income per person $34,214 ±$1,997, in 2024 dollars. The median is $74,568 ±$284 in Florida and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Margate city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Florida	United States
Under $25,000	4,605 ±682	19.0% ±2.7	15.0% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	4,634 ±657	19.1% ±2.6	18.4% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	4,377 ±727	18.0% ±2.9	16.8% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	3,227 ±502	13.3% ±2.0	13.1% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	4,419 ±681	18.2% ±2.7	17.2% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,723 ±374	7.1% ±1.5	8.4% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,312 ±454	5.4% ±1.9	11.0% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Margate city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Florida	United States
All ages	7,112 ±1,291	12.1% ±2.2	12.6% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,476 ±359	14.4% ±3.2	16.5% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,524 ±642	8.7% ±2.2	11.5% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	3,112 ±650	15.8% ±3.1	11.8% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Margate city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Margate city	Florida	United States
Housing units	26,356 ±831	10,256,470 ±942	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	92.2% ±1.9	85.3% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	7.8% ±1.4	14.7% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	77.2% ±3.2	67.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	22.8% ±2.9	32.4% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$316,200 ±$19,644	$359,000 ±$930	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,750 ±$80	$1,669 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1978 ±1	1988 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Margate city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Florida	United States
Hispanic or Latino	15,790 ±1,712	26.7% ±2.9	27.4% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	17,267 ±1,326	29.2% ±2.2	50.4% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	19,674 ±1,955	33.2% ±3.3	14.6% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	1,891 ±598	3.2% ±1.0	2.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 69	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 35	0% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	667 to 2,245	1.1% to 3.8%	0.7% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	3,091 ±1,007	5.2% ±1.7	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Margate city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Florida	United States
Born in the state	17,470 ±1,446	29.5% ±2.4	35.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	15,156 ±1,150	25.6% ±1.9	38.7% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	2,527 ±782	4.3% ±1.3	4.0% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	24,045 ±1,678	40.6% ±2.8	21.9% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	16,118 ±1,238	27.2% ±2.1	12.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	7,927 ±1,166	13.4% ±2.0	9.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Margate city among the places of Florida

66th of 482 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Florida page.

Places of Florida near Margate city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Wellington village	62,146 ±58
Jupiter town	61,883 ±53
Palm Harbor CDP	61,512 ±2,245
Palm Beach Gardens city	60,959 ±78
North Miami city	60,344 ±49
Margate city	59,198 ±49
The Hammocks CDP	58,838 ±3,363
Coconut Creek city	58,330 ±121
Apopka city	58,232 ±46
Bradenton city	57,014 ±53
Sarasota city	56,970 ±55

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Margate city, Florida

Rankings this appears in

No. 42 Places in Florida by foreign-born share
No. 66 Places in Florida by poverty rate
No. 78 Places in Florida by homeownership rate
No. 90 Places in Florida by median rent
No. 92 Places by foreign-born share
No. 97 Places in Florida by median age

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026