Rents are 11% below what Tamarac's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $2,121 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
February. Asking rents in Tamarac usually run 0.5% below trend in February and 0.6% above it in September, about $23 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Tamarac is 0.8% below its high of $2,138 in March 2025, at $2,121 as of September 2026.
Rent in Tamarac changed 0.0% over the year to September 2026. Across the 270 Florida cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +1.8%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Tamarac rose 50.3% while median household income rose 26.1% ($48,930 to $61,718). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Tamarac is 48% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent rose in 7 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($61,718) is $1,543 a month. That is less than HUD's Fair Market Rent for a studio ($1,765).
Lauderhill, 3 miles away, rents for 11% less ($1,893/mo), about $2,700 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Tamarac. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Tamarac, FL is majority owner-occupied, has a large retiree population, has a median income below the national average, 29.4% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Tamarac, FL has changed in 5 years
Rent in Tamarac, FL has increased 38.9% since 2021, going from about $1,527 per month to roughly $2,121 today. Median household income grew from $54,114 to $61,718 between 2021 and 2024, a 14.1% shift. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 24.8 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 71,140 to 73,019 between 2021 and 2024, a 2.6% change. About 23.8% of households rent today, against 26.8% in 2021. Taken together, the five-year picture in Tamarac, FL reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Tamarac rent by bedroom count
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Tamarac is $2,121/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,765/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,380/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,925/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $3,285/mo.
At 41% of local median household income ($61,718/yr), Tamarac ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.1% over the past year.
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