ZIP 33311 vs ZIP 33309

This side-by-side compares ZIP 33311 (Fort Lauderdale, FL) and ZIP 33309 (Fort Lauderdale, FL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 33311 has a population of 63,786 at 2,380 people per square mile, while ZIP 33309 has 33,705 at 1,361 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 33311 reports a median household income of $53,973 against $77,321 in ZIP 33309, with per-capita income of $25,005 vs $35,946. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.9% in 33311 and 24.8% in 33309. Poverty rate reads 24.6% vs 13.0%, and unemployment 7.7% vs 6.6% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $309,300 in 33311 versus $337,700 in 33309, with median rent of $1,461 and $2,006 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 47.2% vs 59.1%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.