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Last updated October 2, 2026

Living in Hollywood

Hollywood Guide for Residents

Hollywood is in Broward County, Florida. The Hollywood guide written by the brokerage that sells here: neighborhoods, everyday logistics, and what homes actually sold for last month.

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Short answer: Hollywood is a Broward County city of roughly 159,000 people, second largest in the county, stretching from the Atlantic beach west to the Turnpike. It was planned in the 1920s by Joseph Young and still shows it: circles, wide boulevards and a downtown grid that predates the postwar sprawl around it. The market splits sharply east to west, and averaging the two halves produces a number that describes neither. If you own here and want to know what your property would sell for today, we prepare that by hand, not by algorithm.

Key takeaways

  • Property tax is set on your own purchase, not the seller's assessed value, so the tax line you see on a listing usually reflects a homestead exemption and an assessment cap that belong to the current owner and do not transfer with the house.
  • Tri-Rail's Sheridan Street station connects north to West Palm Beach and south to Miami.
  • North Beach Park and the ocean end of Sheridan Street cover most day-to-day beach use.
  • If the property is in an association, add the dues, ask what has been voted, and read the budget and reserve position rather than the marketing sheet.

How Hollywood is laid out

Think of the city in four bands. The beach band, east of the Intracoastal, is condominium buildings and small older houses either side of the Broadwalk. Then the historic core: Hollywood Lakes and the streets around Young Circle, where 1920s and mid-century houses sit on the finger canals and the lakes. West of Federal Highway and I-95 you are into the central neighborhoods, largely 1950s and 1960s single-story houses on generous lots, which is where most of the city's renovation activity happens. Furthest west, out toward the Turnpike and Sheridan Street, the communities are newer and mostly association-governed. A buyer who says "Hollywood" usually means one of those four, and they behave differently.

The neighborhoods people ask about

Hollywood Lakes is the address most people mean when they say old Hollywood: large lots, water on many streets, and the shortest walk to both the beach and downtown. Hollywood Hills sits west of the tracks around the golf course and holds some of the city's larger mid-century houses. Emerald Hills is the established golf-course community in the northwest. Central Golf, Highland Gardens and Hollywood Little Ranches cover the middle of the city with 1950s stock and the widest range of condition, from untouched to fully rebuilt. Rock Creek and Embassy Lakes, out west near Sheridan Street, are the association communities with newer construction. Each of these has its own comparable set; a sale two miles away is rarely evidence of anything.

The beach, downtown and the water

The Broadwalk runs the length of Hollywood Beach and is the reason the beach blocks trade the way they do. North Beach Park and the ocean end of Sheridan Street cover most day-to-day beach use. Downtown, Young Circle and ArtsPark anchor the restaurant and events side of the city. On the water, the distinction that matters for pricing is whether a canal has a clear run to the Intracoastal and what bridges lie between, because a dockable house and a waterfront house with a fixed low bridge in the way are not comparable properties however similar they look. Port Everglades and the airport are minutes north, which is convenient and also means aircraft noise varies noticeably by neighborhood - worth checking at the specific address at different times of day.

Getting around and everyday things

US-1 and I-95 run north to south through the city, Sheridan Street and Hollywood Boulevard are the main east-west routes, and the Florida Turnpike takes the western edge. Tri-Rail's Sheridan Street station connects north to West Palm Beach and south to Miami. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International is a short drive north; Miami International is roughly half an hour south without traffic. Memorial Regional Hospital sits on Hollywood Boulevard. Broward County Public Schools serves the whole city and boundaries move, so confirm the assignment for a specific address with the district rather than relying on a listing.

What owning property in Hollywood involves

Two numbers decide what owning here actually costs, and neither is on the listing. Property tax is set on your own purchase, not the seller's assessed value, so the tax line you see on a listing usually reflects a homestead exemption and an assessment cap that belong to the current owner and do not transfer with the house. Insurance is the other one: wind coverage, and flood coverage where the property calls for it, quoted on the specific roof, year built and elevation rather than a county average. Get both quoted on the actual address before you commit to a price. If the property is in an association, add the dues, ask what has been voted, and read the budget and reserve position rather than the marketing sheet.

Start by choosing the band of the city

Hollywood is not one market. East of the Intracoastal you are buying beach access and condominium living, with the insurance and association realities that come with being on the water. Hollywood Lakes and the streets around Young Circle give you older character houses, water on many streets and the shortest walk to downtown. The central neighborhoods, between I-95 and Federal Highway, are where 1950s and 1960s houses on good lots are still being renovated one at a time - the widest spread of condition and price in the city. West toward the Turnpike, Rock Creek, Embassy Lakes and the surrounding communities are newer and association-governed. Work out which of those four you want before you shortlist anything, because a relocation buyer comparing listings across all four is comparing nothing.

Commuting, flying and getting about

I-95, US-1 and the Florida Turnpike all run through or along the city, and Sheridan Street and Hollywood Boulevard carry the east-west traffic. Tri-Rail's Sheridan Street station puts Miami and West Palm Beach on a train rather than a motorway. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International is minutes north, which matters if you fly weekly, and Miami International is roughly 25 miles south. If your work is in Brickell or downtown Miami, test the drive at the hour you would actually do it before you commit to an address; if it is in Fort Lauderdale or Plantation, almost the whole city works.

Condominiums: read the building before the unit

A large share of Hollywood's inventory is condominium, and in a condominium purchase you are underwriting the building as much as the unit. Ask for the budget, the reserve position, the insurance summary, the rules covering pets, rentals and occupancy, any assessment already voted, and whatever inspection or reserve-study reports the association holds. Florida requires milestone inspections and structural integrity reserve studies for many condominium buildings, and what those reports say can move the monthly number you underwrite. What applies to a specific building is a question for that association, and for a Florida real-estate attorney if the wording matters. None of this is a reason to avoid condominiums; it is a reason to read the paperwork in week one rather than week five.

The order we suggest doing things in

Pick the band of the city, then get insurance and tax quoted on two or three candidate addresses so the running cost is real before you negotiate. See the properties at the hour you would live in them, not just midday. If it is a condominium, read the association documents before you write an offer, not during an inspection period. And if you are selling somewhere else to do this, sequence the two sides deliberately - carrying two homes is the most expensive way to relocate. If the sale side is in South Florida we can run both ends; if it is out of state we will refer you to someone we would use ourselves. Start with an opinion of value on what you are leaving.

If you own here

What your property is worth depends on things a website cannot see: which street you are on, what the last owner did to the place, what your association holds in reserve, and which recent sales are genuinely comparable to yours. We work that out by hand from those sales rather than publishing an automated estimate, within one business day, with the sales it is based on attached. Ask for an opinion of value on your property. The citywide figures behind that work, prices, inventory and days on market, are on Hollywood housing market statistics, and selling a house in Hollywood, FL: timeline and pricing walks through what happens once you decide to list.

Nearby and related

This guide describes the town and how property here trades. It carries no market statistics on purpose, so nothing on it goes stale; the live figures sit on the market pages linked above, sourced from BeachesMLS. PBP Real Estate, LLC, 700 NW 7th Drive, Boca Raton, FL 33486, 561-395-8418. Equal Housing Opportunity.

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Living in and owning property in Hollywood: questions and answers

Where is Hollywood, Florida?

Hollywood sits in southern Broward County between Fort Lauderdale and Miami, running from the Atlantic beach west past I-95 and the Florida Turnpike. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Port Everglades are immediately to the north.

Is Hollywood, Florida anything to do with Hollywood, California?

No. It was founded by Joseph Young, who bought his first parcel here in 1921, and the City of Hollywood was incorporated on 28 November 1925. It is a Broward County city and the second most populated one in the county.

What kinds of homes are in Hollywood?

Almost every kind, which is why the city cannot be described with one median. There are 1920s and 1950s houses in Hollywood Lakes and the central neighborhoods, oceanfront and Intracoastal condominium buildings along the beach, and newer association-governed communities in the west of the city.

What is the Broadwalk?

A paved beachfront promenade of roughly two and a half miles along Hollywood Beach, used for walking and cycling rather than cars. It is the city's best known feature and it shapes demand for the blocks either side of it.

I inherited a property in Hollywood. What are my options?

Sell it, hold and rent it within whatever the association or city rules allow, or transfer it to a family member. Which is open to you depends on how the property was titled and whether it must pass through probate, where a personal representative generally needs court authority before a closing. We are a brokerage rather than your lawyer, so have a Florida attorney confirm the process for your situation.

Is Hollywood a good place to relocate to?

It suits people who want beach access and a walkable downtown without Fort Lauderdale or Miami Beach pricing, and who are comfortable with Florida insurance costs. It is a genuinely mixed city rather than a single-product suburb, so the answer depends far more on which part of it you choose than on the city itself.

How far is Hollywood from the airports?

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International is immediately north of the city, minutes from most addresses. Miami International is roughly 25 miles south on I-95 or the Turnpike. That proximity is one of the practical reasons people relocating for work land here.

Should I look east or west in Hollywood?

East gives you the beach, the Broadwalk, downtown and older housing stock on larger lots, with higher insurance exposure closer to the water. West gives you newer construction, association-governed communities and easier parking, with a longer run to the beach. Decide that before you look at listings, because the two halves rarely compete for the same buyer.

What should I budget for beyond the purchase price?

Property tax calculated on your own purchase rather than the seller's assessed value, homeowner insurance including wind and flood coverage where it applies, association dues plus anything already voted, and for condominiums the possibility of an assessment tied to reserve or inspection findings. Get all of it quoted on the specific address.

Should I rent first or buy?

If you do not know the city, renting a season in the part you think you want is cheap insurance against buying in the wrong band of it. If you already know which neighborhood suits you, there is no advantage to waiting, and a rental year has its own cost.

Ready to look at Hollywood homes?

The Hollywood market page shows what sold last month, at what price and how fast, plus the neighborhoods we track. If you already own here and are weighing a sale, the same page has the seller path.

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Published by Gia Freer, Broker of Record, PBP Real Estate, LLC · Florida broker license BK689801 · brokerage license CQ1064615. Last updated October 2, 2026.