Davie, FL Town Limits and Broward County Boundaries
Is your Davie address actually in the Town of Davie?
A Davie mailing address does not always mean the Town of Davie governs your home. Several Davie ZIP codes include parcels that sit legally in Fort Lauderdale, Plantation, Southwest Ranches, or Cooper City. That municipal boundary, not the county, sets your property tax millage, your permit office, your trash provider, and your assigned public school. Confirm the parcel on bcpa.net before you write an offer.
Davie sits entirely inside Broward County, and there is no Davie County. The county question is the easy one, and if that is what you came for, the full answer on the county lives here. The part that quietly costs buyers money is the town line, because a home can carry a Davie address and still answer to a different municipality.
The Town of Davie covers roughly 35 square miles of central Broward County and is home to about 108,000 residents, per the Town of Davie. It is the western, equestrian, ranch-lot corner of Broward, and its border is not a clean rectangle. It weaves around neighboring towns, and it does not match the ZIP code printed on your mail.
Why a Davie ZIP code is not the same as the Town of Davie
USPS assigns Davie as an alternate city name for a group of Broward ZIP codes that route through the Fort Lauderdale mail network. The ZIP tells the post office how to deliver your mail. It does not tell you which town governs the parcel. Inside those ZIPs, some homes sit inside Davie town limits and some are legally in Fort Lauderdale, Plantation, Southwest Ranches, or Cooper City.
The ZIP codes that carry a Davie mailing name include 33314, 33317, 33324, 33325, 33326, 33328, 33330, and 33331. A few of them are the most likely to cross a town line:
- 33314 covers east-central Davie south of I-595 and shares parcels with Fort Lauderdale.
- 33317 sits on the east-central edge toward Plantation and shares parcels with Plantation.
- 33331 runs through far southwestern Davie and picks up some Southwest Ranches overlap.
The western acreage corridor reads more cleanly as Davie. That is where Long Lake Ranches (33330) and Hawkes Bluff (33330) sit, on large equestrian lots. Even there, a home a few streets over can carry the same style of address and belong to a different town, so a ZIP is a starting point, not proof. Davie’s communities run from gated enclaves to no HOA acreage across more than 300 subdivisions, and you can see how they fit together in the Davie neighborhoods guide.
What the town line changes that the county line does not
Here is where the boundary stops being trivia. The municipality that governs your parcel is the one that sets the rules and the bills you live with every year:
- Property taxes. Each town sets its own millage rate on top of the Broward County and school district rates. Two similar homes in the same ZIP can carry different tax bills when they sit in different towns. Your bill is built on the parcel’s actual municipality, which you confirm through the Broward County Property Appraiser and the county’s records and taxes. For how the pieces stack into your yearly number, the Davie property taxes guide walks through the millage and the homestead exemption.
- Permits and code enforcement. A fence, a roof, impact windows, a pool, or a water heater changeout gets permitted through the building department of the town that governs the parcel. Pull the permit from the wrong office and the project stalls.
- Utilities and services. Water, sewer, trash, and recycling follow the municipality, and providers change across the town line. What your future neighbor pays and who they call is not automatically what you will pay.
- Assigned public school. Broward County Public Schools assigns your public school by the property address, not by the mailing city, so verify the assigned school by the exact address rather than by the town name on the listing.
- Law enforcement. Some Broward towns run their own police department and others contract with the Broward Sheriff’s Office, and that also tracks to the governing municipality.
None of this moves when you cross a ZIP boundary. All of it moves when you cross a town boundary. That is why the town line matters more to your wallet than the mailing address ever will.
How to confirm which town governs a Davie parcel
This is the check I run for every buyer before we talk price, because the town line quietly changes the monthly cost of owning the home. You can run it yourself in a few minutes:
1. Search the exact address on the Broward County Property Appraiser. The parcel card shows the municipality and the millage code the county actually applies.
2. Cross-check the parcel against the Town of Davie boundary map, or contact the Town of Davie Town Clerk’s office to confirm the address is inside town limits.
3. Pull the tax detail through Broward County records and treasury to see the millage applied to that specific parcel.
4. Verify the assigned public school by the property address with Broward County Public Schools.
5. Do all of this before you write the offer, not after the inspection, because the answer can change the number you should offer.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Davie in Broward County?
Yes. Davie sits entirely within Broward County in central South Florida, and there is no Davie County. The confusion almost always comes from the mailing address, not the county. Davie is one of Broward’s towns, alongside Fort Lauderdale, Plantation, Cooper City, and Southwest Ranches.
Does a Davie ZIP code mean the home is in the Town of Davie?
Not always. USPS uses Davie as an alternate city name for several Broward ZIP codes, and some parcels inside those ZIPs are legally in Fort Lauderdale, Plantation, or Southwest Ranches. A ZIP is a mail route, not a town boundary. Confirm the parcel on bcpa.net before you rely on the mailing city.
Do property taxes change if my Davie address is technically another town?
They can. Each municipality sets its own millage rate on top of county and school taxes, so two similar homes can carry different tax bills when they sit in different towns. Your bill is calculated on the parcel’s actual municipality, which you confirm through the Broward County Property Appraiser.
How do I find out which city my Davie house is in?
Search the address on the Broward County Property Appraiser at bcpa.net and read the municipality on the parcel card. You can also check the Town of Davie boundary map or contact the Town Clerk’s office. The listing’s mailing city is not proof of jurisdiction.
Which Davie ZIP codes are most likely to cross a town line?
33314 shares parcels with Fort Lauderdale, 33317 shares parcels with Plantation, and 33331 picks up some Southwest Ranches overlap. The far western acreage ZIP 33330, home to Long Lake Ranches and Hawkes Bluff, reads more clearly as Davie. Verify any specific parcel on bcpa.net.
Talk to a Davie Real Estate Expert
Anthony Spitaleri is a Broker Associate, REALTOR® with Coldwell Banker Realty and a Davie native who created livingindavieflorida.com. Before any offer, he confirms the parcel’s true municipality so the tax bill, the permit office, and the assigned school are known up front instead of discovered after closing. If you are buying in a Davie ZIP and want the jurisdiction and the real numbers mapped to the exact address, the next step is a direct conversation. Schedule a free 15-minute strategy call and buy with the boundary confirmed.
Anthony Spitaleri
Broker Associate, REALTOR® | Coldwell Banker Realty
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Written by Anthony Spitaleri, Broker Associate, REALTOR® with Coldwell Banker Realty and a Davie native. More about Anthony
