Electricity rates in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Housing and heating in Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL: 67,143 of 101,234 homes were built before 1980 and 22,961 in 2000 or later. Fort Lauderdale, FL has 34,997 detached houses, 49,093 homes in 5+ unit buildings and 1,232 mobile homes.

Facts about Fort Lauderdale

Residents of Fort Lauderdale, FL, ACS 2023

183,03210 of 139 Florida cities with 30,000+

Median household income in Fort Lauderdale, FL

$79,93545 of 139 of those cities

Households in Fort Lauderdale, FL

80,5752.27 people each

Owner-occupied homes in Fort Lauderdale, FL

53.8%43,380 owners and 37,195 renter households

Housing units in Fort Lauderdale, FL

101,23420,659 vacant or seasonal

Homes heated by electricity in Fort Lauderdale, FL

90.2%72,695 of 80,575 homes

Land area of Fort Lauderdale, FL

34.6 sq mi5,292.7 people per sq mi

Bill as share of income in Fort Lauderdale, FL

2.2% to 2.3%at 1,104 kWh a month over the $79,935 median household income

Wind and tornado reports within 15 miles of Fort Lauderdale, FL

107NWS point reports 2015 to 2025, 58.5 per 100,000 residents

Median year homes were built in Fort Lauderdale, FL

197267,143 of 101,234 homes (66.3%) before 1980

Median home value and rent in Fort Lauderdale, FL

$455,600$1,776 gross rent a month, 4.68% of value a year

Electricity price since 2015 around Fort Lauderdale

Florida Power & Light Co charged Fort Lauderdale homes 10.65 ¢/kWh in 2015. Fort Lauderdale: 13.71 ¢ in 2024, 29% up. Fort Lauderdale: against 22% up for the Florida average.

Fort Lauderdale: a 1,104 kWh month at that price. Fort Lauderdale: $118 in 2015, $151 in 2024. Fort Lauderdale: $1,816 a year, 2.3% of the $79,935 median income.

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Who supplies Fort Lauderdale

Broward County lists 2 utilities for Fort Lauderdale, FL (183,032 residents): homes pay 13.54 to 13.71 cents per kWh, about $149 to $151 a month at 1,104 kWh, 2.2% to 2.3% of the $79,935 Fort Lauderdale median income. Broward County page.

Outage risk around Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL, NWS reports within 15 miles of the center, 2015 to 2025: 82 wind and 25 tornado, 58.5 per 100,000 residents of 183,032. Top gust near Fort Lauderdale, FL: 72 knots, 83 mph. Damage near Fort Lauderdale, FL: $3.6M.

Who lives in Fort Lauderdale: income, cars, homes

Fort Lauderdale, FL homes: 36,217 have 3+ bedrooms, 25,543 none or one, median 4.2 rooms. In Fort Lauderdale, FL, 7,070 households own no vehicle and 35,738 own two or more; home EV charging depends on that. In Fort Lauderdale, FL, 20,287 of 35,474 renter households pay 30% or more of income in rent; 35,533 households moved in since 2018 and 11,880 before 2000, so electric accounts turn over quickly. Of 93,477 workers in Fort Lauderdale, FL, 16,347 work from home, 61,966 drive alone, 2,444 ride transit and 2,240 walk. 27,531 residents of Fort Lauderdale, FL live below the poverty line, and the median age is 42.9. In Fort Lauderdale, FL, 17,636 of 80,575 households earn under $35,000, 20,382 $35,000-$75,000, 23,015 $75,000-$150,000 and 19,542 $150,000 or more.

Cost of living with electricity in Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale, FL: 80,575 households at $1,735 a year per home for electricity (Broward County average, DOE LEAD) come to about $139.8 million, an estimate; all home energy is $1,787 a year per household.

Climate and electric heating around Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale is in Broward County, FL. Fort Lauderdale: degree days are county values.

Fort Lauderdale: 225 heating degree days a year. Fort Lauderdale: 4,206 cooling degree days a year.

Fort Lauderdale: NOAA nClimDiv 7 Oct 2026; ACS B25040.

ZIP codes in Fort Lauderdale

Census 2020 ZCTA to place land-area overlap. Look up any ZIP.