Goulds vs Westwood Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Goulds and Westwood Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Goulds has the higher population (12,019 vs 10,768 in Westwood Lakes). Westwood Lakes has the higher median household income ($87,341 vs $58,291 in Goulds). Westwood Lakes has the higher median home value ($465,000 vs $415,100 in Goulds).

Population, income & housing

	Goulds	Westwood Lakes
Population	12,019	10,768
Median age	40.9 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,291	$87,341
Median home value	$415,100	$465,000
Median gross rent	$1,104	$2,243
Housing units	4,171	3,415
Homeownership rate	50.2%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goulds	Westwood Lakes
Population	11,984 → 12,019 (+0.3%)	11,510 → 10,768 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$41,051 → $58,291 (+42.0%)	$51,500 → $87,341 (+69.6%)
Median home value	$260,600 → $415,100 (+59.3%)	$319,500 → $465,000 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,104 (+23.4%)	$1,496 → $2,243 (+49.9%)

Goulds

Population

11,98412,019

Median household income

$41,051$58,291

Median home value

$260,600$415,100

Median gross rent

$895$1,104

Westwood Lakes

Population

11,51010,768

Median household income

$51,500$87,341

Median home value

$319,500$465,000

Median gross rent

$1,496$2,243

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goulds	Westwood Lakes
Under 5	8.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	11.2%
25 to 34	10.4%	7.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	14.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	19.6%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.1%
75 and over	5.0%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goulds	Westwood Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	10.3%	10.7%
Black or African American	36.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	50.4%	88.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goulds	Westwood Lakes
No high school diploma	23.0%	20.9%
High school graduate	38.3%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goulds	Westwood Lakes
Drove alone	81.9%	81.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	7.9%
Public transit	4.9%	1.4%
Walked	0.9%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.7%	7.4%
Other means	0.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goulds	Westwood Lakes
1-unit, detached	57.2%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.3%
20 or more units	15.9%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Goulds	Westwood Lakes
Poverty rate	20.0%	8.0%
Average household size	3.16	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	39	32
Median year structure built	1991	1957