Best PlacesLauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale, FL Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood in and around Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale ranks 5,523rd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state infrastructure by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale

Map of the best neighborhoods in the Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale's strengths and weaknesses

Top 5%State infrastructure
Top 5%Low taxes
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale with other neighborhoods.

Where Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale ranks high

  • State infrastructureBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
  • QuietBetter than 83% of neighborhoods
  • State fiscal healthBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
  • Big-city accessBetter than 72% of neighborhoods

Where Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale ranks low

  • Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
  • Disaster safetyBetter than only 4% of neighborhoods
  • Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
  • Local economyBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
  • Heat safetyBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods

What it costs to buy a home in Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale

A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $51,299, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$78,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$1,814
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $295,569 home
Median rent
$2,119
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,507
Property tax$209
Homeowners insurance$99

Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale's effective rate of 0.85%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.

Renting versus buying

At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 4 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale

Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.

Median age
35
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
9%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
3.2
above the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1823%
18 to 3426%
35 to 4922%
50 to 6420%
65 and older9%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale.


Who works in Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale, and how

Work in Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.

Work from home
5%
below the national average
Unemployment
7.6%
above the national average
Job growth
−4.8%
/y 2019-2023, slower than the national pace

Largest industries

Retail trade17%
Health care & social14%
Construction12%
Transportation & warehousing11%
Hospitality & food9%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 91%
  • Work from home 5%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 4%

Life in Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale

The coast is about 14 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale, which the map shows.

Places to eat and drink
25
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 34.8 per 10,000 residents, more than 56% of neighborhoods
To the coast
14 min
drive to the nearest ocean beaches

What the weather is like in Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale, month by month

Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 79, with lows near 59. The comfortable stretch runs November through March.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January79°68°59°
April86°77°69°
July92°84°77°
October88°80°73°

Flying in and out of Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale

The nearest airport, Fort Lauderdale Exec, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International, about 11 miles away.

Nearest airport
FXE
Fort Lauderdale Exec, about 4 miles
Airport size
Nonhub
387th-busiest in the US, 5 nonstop destinations
Average drive
8 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale

Schools across Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale average a C+, better than 43% of neighborhoods.

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Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale measure by measure

Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.


Common questions about living in Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale

Is Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale ranks 5,523rd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on state infrastructure, low taxes, and quiet, and lowest on car insurance costs and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $295,569. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $51,299 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.

Is Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale safe?

Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale is safer than 48% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $301 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.

Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

Lauderdale North Park, North Lauderdale detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.