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Location:
Florida's southeast coast, western Broward County
Temperature:
82.7 F average summer; 68.5 F average winter
Precipitation:
7.5" per month average summer; 3.1" per month average winter
Land Area:
25.5 square miles, including 1,877 acres of lakes and 1,686 acres of wetland mitigation.
Boundaries:
North - I-75 and State Road 84
East - I-75
South - Griffin Road
West - L-35 Levee
Roadway access:
Strategically located at the interchange of I-595 and I-75 with direct access to I-75 south to Miami, I-75 north to Naples, and I-595 east to Fort Lauderdale, Florida's Turnpike and I-95.
Mileage to Key Locations
- Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport Port Everglades 18 miles east / 25 min.
- Beaches: Fort Lauderdale / Hollywood 25 miles east / 30 min.
- Downtown Fort Lauderdale 19.5 miles east/ 27 min.
- Miami International Airport 28 miles south / 35 min.
- Downtown Miami 31 miles south / 42 min.
- Naples - Florida's west coast 95 miles west / 1.8 hours
- Orlando 217 miles north / 3.8 hours
Fort Lauderdale / Hollywood International Airport:
61,629
70,557 April 2006 UF estimate
2005 ACS estimate
Population History
Prior to Incorporation, 1996: 22,949
April 1998 (Special Census count): 38,752
August 1999: 42,522 UF
2000 census: 49,286 U.S. census
April 2001: 53,159 UF
April 2002: 56,459 UF
Oct. 2002: 57,651 UF
July 2003: 61,557 U.S. census
April 2005: 61,042 UF
April 2005: 61,629 UF
Annual Population Estimate
UF = University of Florida, Bureau of Economics and Business Research
ACS = US Census Bureau American Community Survey
Information from the U.S. Census - 2005 American Community Survey
Based on the 2000 Census population statistic of 49,286
Total Population 70,557
Male 33,132 47.0%
Female 37,425 53.0%
Age
Under 5 years 7,525 10.7%
18 years and over 45,493 64.5%
65 years and over 3,734 5.3%
Median Age 34.12
Race - all ages
One Race 69,569 98.6%
White 60,978 86.4%
Black or African American 3,969 5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native 0 0.0%
Asian 2,568 3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Other Pacific Islander
0 0
Some other race 2,054 2.9%
Two or more races 988 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino Race
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 28,887 40.9%
Household by Type
Total Households 22,671
Average household size 3.71
Owner-occupied housing units 16,780 80.2%
Renter-occupied housing units 4,139 19.8%
Social and Economic Characteristics
Percent high school graduate or higher 96.7% (population 25 and over)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 58.9%
Foreign born 25,126
Speak language other than English at home 28,741
Disability status 2,679 4.3%
Income
Median household income (dollars) $83,313
Median family income (dollars) $91,851
Per capita income (dollars) $35,464
Families below poverty level 0
Individuals below poverty level 0
Mean travel time to work in minutes 26
In labor force (over 16 years) 100%
Housing
Median home value $431,200
How Weston compares with cities around the Country:
• Weston: named one of the 25 most affordable suburbs in the United States by BusinessWeek.com ( Nov. 16, 2006 )
• Weston: lowest poverty rate in 2005, just over 1%, among US cities with a population of more than 65,000 (US Census - Aug. 2006)
• Weston: Highest median income in Florida , at $83,000. (US Census - 2006 ) Listed as no. 13 nationwide.
• Weston: On Money Magazine's ( July 2006 ) list for ranked 18 th among cities with the highest percentage of job growth and 20 th among cities with the highest median household income.
• In 2007, Citytown.com rated Weston as being a top city for college educated adults
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