AreaProfile

33309Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 33309.

55
Area Score
Bottom 25% of 695 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity509th of 727 published ZIP areas45
GrowthTop 33% of 701 published ZIP areas60
Housing affordability579th of 800 published ZIP areas55
ClimateTop 16% of 779 published ZIP areas81
Physical resilience677th of 800 published ZIP areas21
AccessTop 24% of 779 published ZIP areas99
Economic stabilityTop 36% of 800 published ZIP areas65
The quick read

Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by inland flooding, hurricane and coastal flooding.

A major airport is 8 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

Its Area Score of 55 places 33309 in the top 75% of published ZIP profiles.

At a glance

Population
37,475
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$77,321
Top 42% nationally
Density
3,873/sq mi
9.7 sq mi of land
Median age
36.9
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Metro area
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Nearest major airport
FLL
8 mi · Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl
Median home value
$337,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 4.6% is lower than 51% of the 1,061 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 1.2% over the past year, to 98,110 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$5,728$77,321Top 42%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,948$35,946Bottom 48%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate13.0%Top 39%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute28.9 minTop 43%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher24.8%Top 46%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment98,110Bottom 10%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-2.5%Bottom 9%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-1.2%Bottom 40%June 2026
Labor force102,792Bottom 10%June 2026
Labor force participation73.8%Top 8%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$67,190Bottom 48%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$48,640Bottom 33%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.9%Top 6%June 2026
Unemployment rate4.6%Bottom 49%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202477k62k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $77,321 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Retail Salespersons91,370$34,330
General and Operations Managers74,960$105,640
Customer Service Representatives63,440$39,560
Registered Nurses61,670$91,380
Office Clerks, General61,160$44,730
Waiters and Waitresses57,830$36,070

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Fort Lauderdale, FL, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $2,006 takes 31% of median household income, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 4.4 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
31.1%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
4.4×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$2,006
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$337,700
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income4.37Top 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate59.1%Bottom 15%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±72514,302Top 9%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$102$2,006Top 8%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$16,234$337,700Top 28%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income31.1%Top 4%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate7.0%Bottom 33%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
60/ 100
Top 33% of 701 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

72% of recently permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes, so new supply is concentrated in apartments and condominiums rather than detached houses.

At 5.3 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
970
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
5.3
Top 29% nationally
Year over year
−5%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
71.8%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Fort Lauderdale, FL, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

8 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 91°F and January a low of 59°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 56.5 inches.

50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station FT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AP, 0.8 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND8.1"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation56.5"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low59°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high91°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months81991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing16°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

21 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, hurricane and coastal flooding.

HurricaneElevated
Inland floodingModerate
WildfireModerate
Coastal floodingModerate
Cold waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: lightning, heat wave, tornado, strong wind, landslide, earthquake, drought, hail.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

5 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 8 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood IntlFLL8 mi8,000 ft
Miami-Opa Locka ExecOPF20 mi8,002 ft
Miami IntlMIA28 mi13,016 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

33309 vs Fort Lauderdale

How this ZIP area compares with Fort Lauderdale as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

33309
Fort Lauderdale
Median household income
$77,321
vs
$83,130
Per capita income
$35,946
vs
$59,629
Population density
3,873/sq mi
vs
5,367/sq mi
Median home value
$337,700
vs
$486,700
Median gross rent
$2,006
vs
$1,854
Homeownership rate
59.1%
vs
54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher
24.8%
vs
40.8%
Poverty rate
13.0%
vs
15.0%
Median age
36.9
vs
42.8

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.