Last updated September 3, 2026
Plantation Guide for Residents
Short answer: Plantation is an established central Broward County city of roughly 100,700 people, incorporated in 1953 and covering about 21.75 square miles immediately west of Fort Lauderdale. It divides cleanly: mature, well-treed mid-century neighborhoods in the east, and Plantation Acres with its much larger lots in the west. Its practical advantage is location - most of the county is reachable quickly - and its housing stock rewards buyers who look at lots and trees rather than square footage alone. If you own here and want to know what your property would sell for today, we prepare that by hand, not by algorithm.
How Plantation is laid out
Broward Boulevard and Sunrise Boulevard carry the east-west traffic, University Drive and Pine Island Road the north-south. East of University Drive you are in the original 1950s and 1960s city: single-storey houses, wide lots, mature canopy, and a steady flow of renovation. The Midtown and Fashion Mall corridor around Broward Boulevard and the Turnpike is the commercial and higher-density core, with condominiums, townhouses and offices. West of Flamingo Road, Plantation Acres changes the scale entirely - much larger parcels, some with acreage and outbuildings. Those three areas draw different buyers and should never be priced off one another.
The neighborhoods people ask about
Plantation Isles, Jacaranda and Plantation Golf Estates cover much of the established family housing, with Jacaranda spreading across the middle of the city around the golf courses. The streets north of Broward Boulevard hold some of the oldest and most heavily treed lots. Plantation Acres to the west is its own market driven by lot size and permitted use. Around Midtown the inventory is condominium and townhouse, with a different buyer pool again. In a city this mature, the condition of the individual house matters as much as the address, because the stock spans untouched 1960s to comprehensively rebuilt.
Trees, parks and the everyday
Plantation has taken its canopy seriously for decades and it shows; it is one of the reasons the older neighborhoods hold their appeal. Volunteer Park, Central Park and the Plantation Heritage Park nearby cover most day-to-day recreation, with the city's aquatic and tennis facilities in the middle of town. Westside Regional Medical Center and Plantation General sit inside the city. The commercial spine along Broward Boulevard means most errands stay local rather than requiring a drive to Fort Lauderdale. 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.
Getting around
I-595 runs along the southern edge with the Florida Turnpike at the eastern, which puts the airport, downtown Fort Lauderdale, I-95 and I-75 all within a short run. Broward Boulevard connects straight into downtown Fort Lauderdale. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International is roughly 20 minutes southeast depending on the hour. Central location is the city's quiet advantage, and it is worth testing your own routine at the hour you would drive it.
What owning property in Plantation 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.
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, usually the same day, with the sales it is based on attached. Ask for an opinion of value on your property.
Nearby and related
- Plantation market report
- Relocating to Plantation
- If your Plantation listing expired
- What is my Plantation home worth?
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 Dr, Boca Raton, FL 33486, 561-395-8418. Equal Housing Opportunity.
Living in and owning property in Plantation: questions and answers
Where is Plantation, Florida?
In central Broward County, immediately west of Fort Lauderdale, with Broward Boulevard and Sunrise Boulevard running east to west and University Drive and Pine Island Road north to south. I-595 and the Turnpike bound it to the south and east.
When was Plantation incorporated?
On 30 April 1953, and it now covers about 21.75 square miles with a population of roughly 100,700 by the latest US Census Bureau estimate. The eastern half is the original city; the western half was developed later and on a very different scale of lot.
What kinds of homes are in Plantation?
Mid-century single-family houses on mature, well-treed streets in the east, larger houses and genuine acreage in Plantation Acres to the west, plus condominiums and townhouses around the Midtown and Fashion Mall corridor. It is one of the greener established suburbs in the county.
What is Plantation Acres?
The western section of the city, developed with much larger lots than the rest of it - in places acreage - which is why it attracts buyers who want space, and sometimes animals, inside a central Broward city. Permitted uses are set parcel by parcel, so confirm zoning with the city rather than assuming from a neighbour.
I inherited a property in Plantation. What are my options?
Sell it, hold and rent it within whatever the zoning and any association rules allow, or transfer it to a family member. Which is open to you depends on how it was titled and whether it must pass through probate, where a personal representative generally needs court authority before closing. Have a Florida attorney confirm the process for your situation.