Rock Island Elementary School

It's a practical central-Broward community with a broad housing mix and schools including Boyd H. Anderson High School nearby. With 55 homes sold in the past year, it's an active, established area rather than a speculative one. The location keeps daily needs and regional highways close at hand.

It's one of the more accessible parts of Broward — the median list price is $119,250, with condos starting around $69,000. That said, the range stretches to $750,000, so single-family houses land much higher; the median sold price over the last year was $378,000, reflecting the larger homes that trade.

Active listings average about $200 per square foot on a median home size of about 1,010 square feet. The list-price range runs from $69,000 to $750,000, so your budget really tracks with whether you're after a condo or a single-family house. You can compare the tiers directly on the live map.

There are 82 active listings and homes are taking a median of 81 days to sell, which is a measured pace that favors prepared buyers. Sellers are averaging 96% of asking, so there's typically some room to negotiate. Over the past 12 months, 55 homes closed in the zone.

Many properties here carry an HOA, with a median dues figure of about $638 per month — worth budgeting for, especially on condos and townhomes. Property taxes run a median of roughly $2,139 per year, and if you're weighing renting versus buying, the median rent in the area is about $2,000 per month.