Richmond Heights vs Westwood Lakes

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

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

Westwood Lakes has the higher population (10,768 vs 9,489 in Richmond Heights). Westwood Lakes has the higher median household income ($87,341 vs $63,750 in Richmond Heights). Westwood Lakes has the higher median home value ($465,000 vs $344,200 in Richmond Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Richmond Heights	Westwood Lakes
Population	9,489	10,768
Median age	40.6 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$87,341
Median home value	$344,200	$465,000
Median gross rent	$1,630	$2,243
Housing units	3,077	3,415
Homeownership rate	68.6%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richmond Heights	Westwood Lakes
Population	10,524 → 9,489 (-9.8%)	11,510 → 10,768 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$49,067 → $63,750 (+29.9%)	$51,500 → $87,341 (+69.6%)
Median home value	$211,000 → $344,200 (+63.1%)	$319,500 → $465,000 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,478 → $1,630 (+10.3%)	$1,496 → $2,243 (+49.9%)

Richmond Heights

Population

10,5249,489

Median household income

$49,067$63,750

Median home value

$211,000$344,200

Median gross rent

$1,478$1,630

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)

	Richmond Heights	Westwood Lakes
Under 5	5.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.3%	11.7%
18 to 24	9.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	14.4%	7.8%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	19.6%
65 to 74	12.1%	9.1%
75 and over	7.5%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richmond Heights	Westwood Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	1.9%	10.7%
Black or African American	44.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	50.9%	88.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richmond Heights	Westwood Lakes
No high school diploma	21.0%	20.9%
High school graduate	36.4%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richmond Heights	Westwood Lakes
Drove alone	76.4%	81.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	7.9%
Public transit	5.9%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.6%	7.4%
Other means	2.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richmond Heights	Westwood Lakes
1-unit, detached	77.9%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	11.4%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Richmond Heights	Westwood Lakes
Poverty rate	11.6%	8.0%
Average household size	3.21	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1974	1957