Parkland, Florida

**Parkland** is a city in northern Broward County, Florida. As of the 2020 census, there were 34,670 people living there. Parkland is part of the Miami metropolitan area. It is known for its zoning laws which protect "park-like" character of the city.

Until the mid-1990s and early 2000s, there were no stores or traffic lights in Parkland.

## Geography

Parkland is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of . Its land area is  while it has  (12.8%) of water.

The northern boundary of Parkland shares with the border between Broward and Palm Beach counties. West Boca Raton, an unincorporated area of Palm Beach County that extends west of Boca Raton's city limits and lies to the north. Coconut Creek lies to the east while Coral Springs lies to the south. Its west side shares the bounded with the Everglades.

## Demographics

As of 2020, there were 11,424 homes or housing units, out of which 5.0% were vacant. Of the people in Parkland, 29.7% were under the age of 18, 7.5% were 18 to 24, 20.7% were 25 to 44, 30.3% were 45 to 64, and 11.8% were 65 years of age or older.

According to a 2021 estimate, the median income for a household in the city was $177,604. This was nearly three times the median income for Florida. It is estimated that average house value was $831,364. The per capita income for the city was $63,602.

### Politics

Parkland elects a five-member City Commission. Elections are technically non-partisan.

## Notable people

- Hi-Rez, professional rapper and songwriter
- Anthony Rizzo, professional baseball player for the Chicago Cubs
- Caesar Bacarella, NASCAR driver
- Jon Weiner, ESPN Radio host
- Roberto Luongo, Former NHL Goalie for the Florida Panthers, has lived in Parkland since 2000
- XXXTentacion, rapper, singer and songwriter. He lived in Parkland from 2017 until his death

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Parkland, Florida
- **settlement type**: City
- **motto**: Environmentally Proud
- **image map1**: Broward County Florida Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Parkland Highlighted.svg
- **pushpin map**: USA
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in the United States
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Florida, County
- **subdivision name2**: Broward County, Florida, Broward
- **established title3**: municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date3**: July 10, 1963
- **government type**: Council-Manager government, Council-Manager
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **area total km2**: 37.16
- **area land km2**: 32.38
- **area water km2**: 4.77
- **area water percent**: 3.77
- **elevation m**: 4
- **elevation ft**: 9
- **population total**: 34670
- **population as of**: 2020 United States Census, 2020
- **population density km2**: 1070.61
- **timezone**: Eastern Time Zone (North America), EST
- **utc offset**: -5
- **timezone dst**: EDT
- **utc offset dst**: -4
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 33067, 33073, 33076
- **area code**: Area code 754, 754, Area code 954, 954
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standard, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 12-55125
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank1 info**: 0307615
- **population density sq mi**: 2772.93
- **area total sq mi**: 14.35
- **area land sq mi**: 12.50
- **area water sq mi**: 1.84