Margate vs Weston

A side-by-side comparison of Margate and Weston: population, income, housing, and more.

Margate and Weston are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Weston has the higher population (67,952 vs 58,418 in Margate). Weston has the higher median household income ($140,501 vs $60,852 in Margate). Weston has the higher median home value ($644,100 vs $286,200 in Margate).

Population, income & housing

	Margate	Weston
Population	58,418	67,952
Median age	45.7 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,852	$140,501
Median home value	$286,200	$644,100
Median gross rent	$1,662	$2,794
Housing units	27,002	23,069
Homeownership rate	77.1%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	67.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Margate	Weston
Population	58,023 → 58,418 (+0.7%)	70,614 → 67,952 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$45,594 → $60,852 (+33.5%)	$107,908 → $140,501 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$183,800 → $286,200 (+55.7%)	$481,800 → $644,100 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,662 (+26.8%)	$2,188 → $2,794 (+27.7%)

Margate

Population

58,02358,418

Median household income

$45,594$60,852

Median home value

$183,800$286,200

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,662

Weston

Population

70,61467,952

Median household income

$107,908$140,501

Median home value

$481,800$644,100

Median gross rent

$2,188$2,794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Margate	Weston
Under 5	3.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	22.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	21.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	15.2%	6.7%
75 and over	7.8%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Margate	Weston
White (non-Hispanic)	30.0%	30.0%
Black or African American	32.9%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	54.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Margate	Weston
No high school diploma	12.3%	2.7%
High school graduate	32.3%	10.5%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	31.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Margate	Weston
Drove alone	74.5%	65.9%
Carpooled	8.6%	6.5%
Public transit	3.1%	0.1%
Walked	1.1%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	24.0%
Other means	2.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Margate	Weston
1-unit, detached	44.5%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	8.5%
20 or more units	24.3%	12.5%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Margate	Weston
Poverty rate	11.6%	5.5%
Average household size	2.36	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1978	1995