North Miami vs Westchester

A side-by-side comparison of North Miami and Westchester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Miami has the higher population (59,429 vs 53,082 in Westchester). Westchester has the higher median household income ($75,905 vs $51,909 in North Miami). Westchester has the higher median home value ($473,300 vs $326,300 in North Miami).

Population, income & housing

	North Miami	Westchester
Population	59,429	53,082
Median age	37.8 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,909	$75,905
Median home value	$326,300	$473,300
Median gross rent	$1,543	$1,734
Housing units	21,729	18,256
Homeownership rate	43.4%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Miami	Westchester
Population	62,489 → 59,429 (-4.9%)	29,778 → 53,082 (+78.3%)
Median household income	$41,611 → $51,909 (+24.7%)	$55,716 → $75,905 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$202,600 → $326,300 (+61.1%)	$332,600 → $473,300 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,172 → $1,543 (+31.7%)	$1,383 → $1,734 (+25.4%)

North Miami

Population

62,48959,429

Median household income

$41,611$51,909

Median home value

$202,600$326,300

Median gross rent

$1,172$1,543

Westchester

Population

29,77853,082

Median household income

$55,716$75,905

Median home value

$332,600$473,300

Median gross rent

$1,383$1,734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Miami	Westchester
Under 5	7.2%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	9.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	12.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	15.9%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.8%
75 and over	5.1%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Miami	Westchester
White (non-Hispanic)	9.7%	7.3%
Black or African American	55.6%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	31.2%	87.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Miami	Westchester
No high school diploma	18.6%	18.9%
High school graduate	35.7%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Miami	Westchester
Drove alone	72.5%	78.2%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.4%
Public transit	6.3%	0.5%
Walked	1.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.8%	8.6%
Other means	3.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Miami	Westchester
1-unit, detached	36.1%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	6.0%
20 or more units	43.7%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	North Miami	Westchester
Poverty rate	19.1%	9.6%
Average household size	2.87	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1966	1971