See what your monthly budget could buy in Parkland, Florida — mortgage, taxes, insurance and HOA included.
Assuming 20% down, 6.5% over 30 years, property tax 1.39%, insurance $1,700–5,400/yr.
| Property type | Estimated price | Principal + interest | Property tax | Insurance | HOA | Monthly total | vs local median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | $425,000 | $2,149 | $492 | $450 | $300 | $3,391 | 40% |
| Townhomes | $455,000 | $2,301 | $527 | $167 | $380 | $3,374 | 43% |
| Condos | Apartments | $440,000 | $2,225 | $510 | $142 | $520 | $3,396 | 42% |
What this buys in Parkland: A tight budget for this market — worth comparing nearby cities. (40% of the local median — Local median $1,050,000)
Illustrative planning tool only. Not a loan offer, appraisal or pre-approval.
What is worth knowing about Parkland before you buy: things to do, neighborhoods, schools, getting around and services for residents.
Parkland is a residential city in the northwest corner of Broward County, about 30 miles north of Fort Lauderdale. Coral Springs lies to the south, Coconut Creek to the east, Palm Beach County and West Boca Raton to the north, and the Everglades to the west.
The city was incorporated on July 10, 1963. Its founder and first mayor, the farmer and rancher Bruce Blount, wanted a rural town with plenty of open space, and the city's zoning is still written to protect that "park-like" character — hence the name, and the motto "Environmentally Proud". In Parkland's first decade horses outnumbered residents, and the city had no stores or traffic lights until the large planned communities, such as Heron Bay and Parkland Isles, arrived from the mid-1990s.
Parkland is growing fast: 34,670 people lived here at the 2020 Census, and the Census estimated about 39,200 in 2025, an increase of 13 percent in five years. About 85 percent of homes are owner-occupied, many of them in gated communities built around lakes, and new neighborhoods continue to fill the city's northwest "wedge".
Parkland is not on the coast. Windstorm insurance is typically lower than in beachfront cities, but the ocean and the Tri-Rail and Brightline stations in Boca Raton and Deerfield Beach are a longer drive away. What the city offers instead is space: large parks, nature preserves with boardwalks, riding rings and trails, and a full community calendar, from Parkland Day — celebrated every year since 1967 — to summer concerts and a Sunday farmers' market.
Police services are provided by the Broward Sheriff's Office, and fire and rescue by the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department.
The city's largest park, at 10555 Trails End: a fishing pier, walking trails with fitness stations, a playground, fields for soccer, football and T-ball, basketball courts and pavilions. Its amphitheatre hosts city concerts and Parkland Day.
The community centre at Pine Trails Park, used for classes, activities and camps.
Baseball, softball, soccer and football fields, tennis, pickleball and basketball courts, a playground, pavilions, trails and an observation pier.
About seven acres at 9200 Ranch Road with two playgrounds, a water-play area, a horse corral and a large pavilion.
Two riding rings and a pavilion at 8350 Ranch Road, home of the Parkland Horseman's Association shows — a reminder of the city's horse-country roots.
Twelve clay courts and a clubhouse at 7901 Parkside Drive.
A 20-acre natural area at 7300 Parkside Drive with a 900-foot trail through pine woods, a 1,550-foot boardwalk through cypress wetlands and an oak-hammock viewing area.
Just over two acres at 9245 Ranch Road, with separate areas for large and small dogs, a dog-wash station, fountains and pavilions.
A small park at 6031 Holmberg Road with its namesake covered bridge and walking trails.
A boardwalk at the Parkside Trailhead (6500 Parkside Drive) and a quarter-mile loop trail with wildlife signs at 6060 Hillsboro Boulevard.
Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., November to April, beside the Equestrian Center on Ranch Road.
Butterfly World in Tradewinds Park, Coconut Creek (opened in 1988); the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, the northernmost remnant of the historic Everglades, in Palm Beach County; and the Sawgrass Mills outlet mall in Sunrise.
Parks and nature are the reason many families choose Parkland.
A master-planned, guard-gated community of more than 3,000 homes, condos, villas and townhomes in over 30 subdivisions, spanning Parkland and Coral Springs, built by WCI from the mid-1990s, with two clubhouses. Its former TPC golf course closed and the land was sold to the North Springs Improvement District — listings that still mention the course are out of date.
A private, gated, non-equity club community around an 18-hole Greg Norman course at 10001 Old Club Road.
Guard-gated houses built from 1999 to 2002 on lots of up to half an acre, many on the water, with a clubhouse, tennis and a pool.
About 558 houses in the northwest "wedge", gated and set around a 150-acre lake, with a large clubhouse.
About 552 houses with a staffed 24-hour gate and a clubhouse; club membership is included in the HOA fees.
A 671-acre gated community of about 466 custom homes, most on lots of around one acre, around a lake of more than 60 acres.
A gated community of about 530 homes on a 240-acre lake at Parkland's northwestern edge.
About 198 houses with two gated entrances near Riverglades Elementary; some back onto nature preserves.
Equestrian areas near the riding rings on Holmberg Road; Country Acres allows residents to keep horses.
Public schools are run by Broward County Public Schools. Schools are assigned by address, and some parts of Parkland are zoned to schools in Coral Springs, so check any home in the Find My Assigned School tool.
Some neighborhoods are zoned instead to Coral Park or Park Springs elementary, Forest Glen Middle or Coral Springs High in Coral Springs.
Florida Atlantic University and Lynn University in Boca Raton, and Broward College's North Campus in Coconut Creek.
In the northwest corner of Broward County, bordered by Coral Springs, Coconut Creek, West Boca Raton in Palm Beach County and the Everglades — about 30 miles north of Fort Lauderdale and a short drive from Boca Raton.
It was founded in 1963 as a rural, open-space town, and its zoning is designed to protect a park-like character. The city has large parks, wildlife preserves with boardwalks, equestrian facilities and the motto "Environmentally Proud".
In some areas, yes — Country Acres, for example, allows horses, and the city has riding rings at the Equestrian Center at Temple Park. Whether a particular property allows horses depends on its zoning and HOA rules, so check before you buy.
Broward County Public Schools assigns schools by address. Schools inside the city include Heron Heights, Park Trails and Riverglades elementary schools, Westglades Middle and Marjory Stoneman Douglas High; some areas are zoned to Coral Springs schools.
It depends on the neighborhood: the City of Coconut Creek, the North Springs Improvement District or Parkland Utilities, and some homes use private wells and septic tanks. The city's water utilities page lists providers by community.
Very little — Broward County Transit route 88 reaches the city, but most residents drive. The nearest Tri-Rail stations are in Boca Raton and Deerfield Beach, and Brightline stops in downtown Boca Raton.
There is no hospital inside Parkland. The closest are Broward Health Coral Springs, HCA Florida Northwest Hospital in Margate, and Boca Raton Regional Hospital and West Boca Medical Center to the north.