Fort Lauderdale vs Wilton Manors vs Oakland Park vs Lauderdale Lakes

Last checked Oct. 8, 2026. Sources: the Broward County Property Appraiser, Broward County’s 2025-26 school boundaries, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades, the Zillow Home Value Index, the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020-2024 American Community Survey (QuickFacts) and each city’s own pages, linked below. Part of our Fort Lauderdale neighborhoods guide.

Fort Lauderdale’s three nearest neighbors that are cities are Wilton Manors (about 1 mile from Fort Lauderdale’s center), Oakland Park (about 3 miles) and Lauderdale Lakes (about 4 miles). All four are in Broward County and share the county government, the school district and most special taxing districts, so the differences come down to each city’s own tax rate, services and housing. This page sets out the official figures side by side, one table per topic. It does not rank the cities.

Property tax rates

Each city sets its own operating rate. The Broward County Property Appraiser’s 2026 proposed vs 2025 final operating millages report (PDF) lists them for every taxing body. One mill is $1 of tax per $1,000 of taxable value.

Fort Lauderdale’s City Commission adopted 4.1193 mills for fiscal year 2027 on Sept. 14, 2026, with a separate debt service rate; see our property taxes guide. Property inside the Fort Lauderdale Downtown Development Authority’s district also pays that authority’s rate, 0.6111 mills in 2025. Rates for the bills that go out Nov. 1 are final only after each city’s September hearings.

City tax rates in a chart

Shared rates. All four cities pay the same 2025 rates to the County Commission (5.6658 mills), the School Board (6.3200 mills: 3.0720 for the required local effort and 3.2480 for discretionary and capital) and the Children’s Services Council (0.4500), from the same appraiser’s report, plus smaller special district levies listed in the same report.

The whole bill. The appraiser’s millage table gives the combined 2025 rate of every taxing body for each city’s millage code:

Florida’s homestead exemption works the same way in all four cities; the Property Appraiser handles it. See property taxes for the March 1 filing deadline.

High schools and their state grades

All four cities are served by Broward County Public Schools, and attendance zones cross city lines. This table shows how each city’s street addresses fall in Broward County’s 2025-26 high school boundaries, with each school’s 2026 grade from the Florida Department of Education for the 2025-26 school year.

Wilton Manors has no high school of its own. Full report cards are on the state’s EDStats site, and our schools guide covers Fort Lauderdale’s schools in more detail.

Home values

From the Zillow Home Value Index by city, August 2026. The index is a modeled typical value for the middle third of homes, single-family homes and condos together, not a sale price.

Home values in a chart

Values inside Fort Lauderdale vary widely by area; see the ZIP code figures in our neighborhoods guide and Fort Lauderdale home prices.

Population, income and commute

From the Census Bureau’s 2020-2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, the same release for all four cities (QuickFacts: Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors, Oakland Park, Lauderdale Lakes):

The Census median home value is what owners estimate their homes are worth, averaged over five years, so it does not match Zillow’s current index.

City services that differ

Who provides each service, from each city’s or agency’s own pages. A service is listed only where we found the provider stated on an official page.

How to check an address

Several ZIP codes are shared: in Broward County’s address data, ZIP codes 33305, 33311 and 33334 have addresses in both Fort Lauderdale and Wilton Manors, so a ZIP code alone does not tell you which city a property is in. Before you rely on any figure on this page for a specific property:

• Which city, and its tax bill: look up the parcel on the Broward County Property Appraiser’s site, which shows the municipality and millage code, and try the appraiser’s tax estimator.
• Which schools: enter the address in the district’s Find My School tool.
• Which neighborhood association: the City of Fort Lauderdale’s neighborhood associations page lists the recognized associations and how to reach the Office of Neighbor Support, 954-828-5063.

Frequently asked questions

Which has the lowest city tax rate: Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors, Oakland Park or Lauderdale Lakes?

Fort Lauderdale. For the 2025 tax year its city operating rate was 4.1193 mills, against 5.6979 in Oakland Park, 6.2270 in Wilton Manors and 8.6000 in Lauderdale Lakes, according to the Broward County Property Appraiser. County, school and district rates are added on top.

What is the total property tax rate in Fort Lauderdale?

The combined 2025 rate of every taxing body was 18.4464, 18.5714 or 19.4143 mills, depending on which of the city’s three millage codes a property is in, according to the Broward County Property Appraiser’s millage table.

Are Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors, Oakland Park and Lauderdale Lakes in the same school district?

Yes. All four are served by Broward County Public Schools, and attendance zones cross city lines. Every address in Wilton Manors is zoned for Fort Lauderdale High in the county’s 2025-26 school boundary data.

Who provides fire rescue in Wilton Manors?

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue. The city of Fort Lauderdale says its fire department provides fire rescue and emergency management services to Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors and the Town of Lazy Lake.