Lighthouse Point vs Southwest Ranches

A side-by-side comparison of Lighthouse Point and Southwest Ranches: population, income, housing, and more.

Lighthouse Point and Southwest Ranches are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lighthouse Point has the higher population (10,463 vs 7,569 in Southwest Ranches). Southwest Ranches has the higher median household income ($157,390 vs $92,268 in Lighthouse Point). Southwest Ranches has the higher median home value ($841,900 vs $667,000 in Lighthouse Point).

Population, income & housing

	Lighthouse Point	Southwest Ranches
Population	10,463	7,569
Median age	56.1 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$92,268	$157,390
Median home value	$667,000	$841,900
Median gross rent	$1,776	$2,730
Housing units	6,355	2,311
Homeownership rate	79.5%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.1%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lighthouse Point	Southwest Ranches
Population	11,195 → 10,463 (-6.5%)	7,921 → 7,569 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$81,445 → $92,268 (+13.3%)	$124,591 → $157,390 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$538,700 → $667,000 (+23.8%)	$641,800 → $841,900 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,435 → $1,776 (+23.8%)	$3,501 → $2,730 (-22.0%)

Lighthouse Point

Population

11,19510,463

Median household income

$81,445$92,268

Median home value

$538,700$667,000

Median gross rent

$1,435$1,776

Southwest Ranches

Population

7,9217,569

Median household income

$124,591$157,390

Median home value

$641,800$841,900

Median gross rent

$3,501$2,730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lighthouse Point	Southwest Ranches
Under 5	3.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	9.5%	22.5%
18 to 24	3.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	7.9%	6.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	23.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.1%	14.0%
75 and over	15.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lighthouse Point	Southwest Ranches
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	48.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	1.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	37.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lighthouse Point	Southwest Ranches
No high school diploma	2.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	16.8%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	28.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lighthouse Point	Southwest Ranches
Drove alone	78.2%	72.5%
Carpooled	4.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.7%	0.6%
Walked	2.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	15.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lighthouse Point	Southwest Ranches
1-unit, detached	56.9%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	21.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lighthouse Point	Southwest Ranches
Poverty rate	6.2%	4.6%
Average household size	1.97	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1968	1982