Hollywood sits in southeast Broward between Fort Lauderdale to the north and Hallandale Beach to the south, running from the Atlantic west past I-95 and the Turnpike. It covers roughly 30 square miles and includes a beach and Intracoastal corridor, a historic downtown, and substantial inland residential areas.
Most buyer and seller inquiries I get for Hollywood fall into three sub-markets, and they price and trade differently. Buyers looking for a newer apartment or condo near Young Circle are choosing among mid-rise and high-rise buildings built over the past decade in the downtown core, where the trade-off is walkability to the ArtsPark and Hollywood Boulevard against higher association dues in newer construction. Buyers searching for an ocean-view condo on Hollywood Beach are working the Broadwalk corridor, where the same view can carry a very different milestone inspection and reserve position depending on whether the building is a 1970s mid-rise or a recent tower, and that difference is what decides the real monthly cost. Sellers in either corridor, and in the waterfront single-family stock along the Intracoastal and Hollywood Lakes, are competing against a specific set of active listings, and I price against that set rather than against the city average.
One structural fact matters more here than in any other city in this guide: Hollywood is split across two hospital taxing districts, and which one applies changes the tax bill materially.
What is actually here
The inventory ranges from 1920s and 1930s housing in the historic downtown and Hollywood Lakes area, through extensive mid-century single-family stock inland, to a condominium corridor along the beach and Intracoastal that includes both older mid-rise buildings and newer construction.
The beach corridor and the inland neighborhoods behave as separate markets on price, on carrying cost, and on what due diligence requires.
2025 adopted millage
| Total millage | 20.8985 |
| School portion | 6.4845 |
| Non-school portion | 14.4140 |
| Municipal levy | 7.9606 |
| School share of bill | 31.0% |
Includes 0.5313 debt service. Highest municipal levy of any city in this guide.
Hollywood spans two hospital taxing districts. Code 0513 (South Broward Hospital) totals 20.8985. Code 0512 (North Broward Hospital) totals 22.0571, a difference of 1.1586 mills. The applicable code is parcel-specific and must be confirmed before relying on either figure.
Hollywood carries the highest municipal levy of any city in this guide at 7.9606 mills including debt service.
The total depends on hospital district. Code 0513, South Broward Hospital, totals 20.8985. Code 0512, North Broward Hospital, totals 22.0571. The difference is 1.1586 mills, which on a $650,000 property is roughly $750 a year.
The applicable code is parcel-specific. Do not rely on a figure quoted for a neighboring property.
Millage code 0513. Source: Broward County Property Appraiser, 2025 adopted rates. Figures exclude non-ad valorem assessments, which are billed separately. Rates for the current tax year are adopted each September.
What determines the cost of ownership here
Establish the millage code before anything else, because a comparison between two Hollywood properties using the wrong code is wrong by roughly $750 a year on a mid-priced home.
For condominium purchases in the beach and Intracoastal corridor, the 25-year coastal milestone threshold under Fla. Stat. 553.899 applies broadly, and the older mid-rise inventory is squarely in scope. Fla. Stat. 718.112(2)(g) reserve study and funding requirements apply. Older buildings that have completed a reserve study without funding to it are where the quoted monthly assessment is least likely to hold.
For inland single-family, the practical issues are roof age, permit history, and insurability, along with flood zone determination, which varies considerably across the city.
What I would check in Hollywood
- The hospital district and applicable millage code, before any tax comparison
- Flood zone determination and elevation certificate, which vary considerably across the city
- For condominium, milestone inspection status and the full report
- Structural Integrity Reserve Study completion and actual reserve funding
- Any special assessment voted, pending, or under discussion
- Roof age and wind mitigation for single-family
- Permit history and any open or unpermitted work, common in the older stock
- Non-ad valorem assessments, which are separate from the millage figure
Hollywood questions
What is the property tax rate in Hollywood, Florida?
It depends on the parcel. Hollywood spans two hospital taxing districts. Code 0513, South Broward Hospital, carries a 2025 adopted total of 20.8985. Code 0512, North Broward Hospital, carries 22.0571. The difference is 1.1586 mills, roughly $750 a year on a $650,000 property. Confirm the code for the specific address rather than relying on a neighboring property.
Why does Hollywood have two millage rates?
Because the city is split between the North Broward Hospital District and the South Broward Hospital District, which levy at different rates. County, school, and most other district rates are the same. The hospital district line is what creates the difference, and it is determined by parcel location.
Is Hollywood expensive for property taxes?
Its municipal levy of 7.9606 mills including debt service is the highest of any city in this guide, and its total of 20.8985 or 22.0571 is at the top of the range. Whether the bill is high depends on assessed value as well as rate. Non-ad valorem assessments are billed separately and are not included in these figures.
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