Southwest Ranches vs West Park

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

Southwest Ranches 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 7,569 in Southwest Ranches). Southwest Ranches has the higher median household income ($157,390 vs $58,825 in West Park). Southwest Ranches has the higher median home value ($841,900 vs $324,000 in West Park).

Population, income & housing

	Southwest Ranches	West Park
Population	7,569	15,076
Median age	43.4 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$157,390	$58,825
Median home value	$841,900	$324,000
Median gross rent	$2,730	$1,731
Housing units	2,311	4,791
Homeownership rate	96.4%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.7%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southwest Ranches	West Park
Population	7,921 → 7,569 (-4.4%)	15,012 → 15,076 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$124,591 → $157,390 (+26.3%)	$46,765 → $58,825 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$641,800 → $841,900 (+31.2%)	$174,800 → $324,000 (+85.4%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $2,730 (-22.0%)	$1,426 → $1,731 (+21.4%)

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

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)

	Southwest Ranches	West Park
Under 5	4.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	6.3%	17.6%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	14.0%	9.3%
75 and over	8.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southwest Ranches	West Park
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	7.7%
Black or African American	5.2%	51.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	37.9%	40.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southwest Ranches	West Park
No high school diploma	5.6%	18.8%
High school graduate	17.5%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	28.7%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southwest Ranches	West Park
Drove alone	72.5%	70.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.6%	5.4%
Walked	0.6%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	7.3%
Other means	0.7%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southwest Ranches	West Park
1-unit, detached	98.4%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Southwest Ranches	West Park
Poverty rate	4.6%	14.8%
Average household size	3.57	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1982	1962