Dania Beach vs West Park

A side-by-side comparison of Dania Beach and West Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Dania Beach and West Park are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dania Beach has the higher population (31,739 vs 15,076 in West Park). West Park has the higher median household income ($58,825 vs $50,948 in Dania Beach). West Park has the higher median home value ($324,000 vs $296,100 in Dania Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Dania Beach	West Park
Population	31,739	15,076
Median age	42.5 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,948	$58,825
Median home value	$296,100	$324,000
Median gross rent	$1,636	$1,731
Housing units	16,777	4,791
Homeownership rate	47.2%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dania Beach	West Park
Population	32,008 → 31,739 (-0.8%)	15,012 → 15,076 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$47,135 → $50,948 (+8.1%)	$46,765 → $58,825 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$194,700 → $296,100 (+52.1%)	$174,800 → $324,000 (+85.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,371 → $1,636 (+19.3%)	$1,426 → $1,731 (+21.4%)

Dania Beach

Population

32,00831,739

Median household income

$47,135$50,948

Median home value

$194,700$296,100

Median gross rent

$1,371$1,636

West Park

Population

15,01215,076

Median household income

$46,765$58,825

Median home value

$174,800$324,000

Median gross rent

$1,426$1,731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dania Beach	West Park
Under 5	5.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	17.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.9%
25 to 34	16.8%	17.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.3%
75 and over	7.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dania Beach	West Park
White (non-Hispanic)	42.0%	7.7%
Black or African American	19.0%	51.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	33.1%	40.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dania Beach	West Park
No high school diploma	9.0%	18.8%
High school graduate	29.1%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dania Beach	West Park
Drove alone	70.8%	70.7%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.7%
Public transit	3.4%	5.4%
Walked	1.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	7.3%
Other means	3.3%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dania Beach	West Park
1-unit, detached	23.8%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	2.8%
20 or more units	24.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Dania Beach	West Park
Poverty rate	18.2%	14.8%
Average household size	2.31	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1977	1962