Pembroke Park vs West Park

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

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

West Park has the higher population (15,076 vs 6,254 in Pembroke Park). West Park has the higher median household income ($58,825 vs $50,710 in Pembroke Park). West Park has the higher median home value ($324,000 vs $103,700 in Pembroke Park).

Population, income & housing

	Pembroke Park	West Park
Population	6,254	15,076
Median age	34.3 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,710	$58,825
Median home value	$103,700	$324,000
Median gross rent	$1,532	$1,731
Housing units	3,770	4,791
Homeownership rate	32.3%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pembroke Park	West Park
Population	6,677 → 6,254 (-6.3%)	15,012 → 15,076 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$38,119 → $50,710 (+33.0%)	$46,765 → $58,825 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $103,700 (+22.9%)	$174,800 → $324,000 (+85.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,188 → $1,532 (+29.0%)	$1,426 → $1,731 (+21.4%)

Pembroke Park

Population

6,6776,254

Median household income

$38,119$50,710

Median home value

$84,400$103,700

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,532

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)

	Pembroke Park	West Park
Under 5	11.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	10.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	11.5%	17.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.3%
75 and over	9.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pembroke Park	West Park
White (non-Hispanic)	16.4%	7.7%
Black or African American	46.0%	51.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	36.2%	40.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pembroke Park	West Park
No high school diploma	22.2%	18.8%
High school graduate	32.5%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pembroke Park	West Park
Drove alone	72.5%	70.7%
Carpooled	12.2%	9.7%
Public transit	6.5%	5.4%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.3%	1.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	7.3%
Other means	2.4%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pembroke Park	West Park
1-unit, detached	4.5%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	2.8%
20 or more units	17.9%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	54.6%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Pembroke Park	West Park
Poverty rate	24.5%	14.8%
Average household size	2.52	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	38	33
Median year structure built	1977	1962