Palm River-Clair Mel vs Westchase

A side-by-side comparison of Palm River-Clair Mel and Westchase: population, income, housing, and more.

Palm River-Clair Mel and Westchase are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palm River-Clair Mel has the higher population (26,719 vs 24,818 in Westchase). Westchase has the higher median household income ($120,070 vs $62,976 in Palm River-Clair Mel). Westchase has the higher median home value ($491,300 vs $244,100 in Palm River-Clair Mel).

Population, income & housing

	Palm River-Clair Mel	Westchase
Population	26,719	24,818
Median age	35.0 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,976	$120,070
Median home value	$244,100	$491,300
Median gross rent	$1,439	$2,095
Housing units	10,399	10,386
Homeownership rate	61.0%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	63.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palm River-Clair Mel	Westchase
Population	23,844 → 26,719 (+12.1%)	23,923 → 24,818 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$47,856 → $62,976 (+31.6%)	$94,989 → $120,070 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$133,300 → $244,100 (+83.1%)	$359,600 → $491,300 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$976 → $1,439 (+47.4%)	$1,517 → $2,095 (+38.1%)

Palm River-Clair Mel

Population

23,84426,719

Median household income

$47,856$62,976

Median home value

$133,300$244,100

Median gross rent

$976$1,439

Westchase

Population

23,92324,818

Median household income

$94,989$120,070

Median home value

$359,600$491,300

Median gross rent

$1,517$2,095

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palm River-Clair Mel	Westchase
Under 5	6.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.2%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.3%
75 and over	3.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palm River-Clair Mel	Westchase
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	61.5%
Black or African American	19.9%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	8.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	2.7%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	43.7%	20.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palm River-Clair Mel	Westchase
No high school diploma	16.5%	5.0%
High school graduate	35.4%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	39.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palm River-Clair Mel	Westchase
Drove alone	68.9%	62.8%
Carpooled	12.3%	5.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.2%	29.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palm River-Clair Mel	Westchase
1-unit, detached	60.7%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	17.2%
20 or more units	6.0%	11.3%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Palm River-Clair Mel	Westchase
Poverty rate	15.5%	5.5%
Average household size	2.73	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1991	2001