South Miami vs Westwood Lakes

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

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

South Miami has the higher population (11,926 vs 10,768 in Westwood Lakes). South Miami has the higher median household income ($88,313 vs $87,341 in Westwood Lakes). South Miami has the higher median home value ($736,900 vs $465,000 in Westwood Lakes).

Population, income & housing

	South Miami	Westwood Lakes
Population	11,926	10,768
Median age	39.9 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,313	$87,341
Median home value	$736,900	$465,000
Median gross rent	$1,700	$2,243
Housing units	5,164	3,415
Homeownership rate	59.4%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.2%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South Miami	Westwood Lakes
Population	12,046 → 11,926 (-1.0%)	11,510 → 10,768 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$62,067 → $88,313 (+42.3%)	$51,500 → $87,341 (+69.6%)
Median home value	$569,300 → $736,900 (+29.4%)	$319,500 → $465,000 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,700 (+27.1%)	$1,496 → $2,243 (+49.9%)

South Miami

Population

12,04611,926

Median household income

$62,067$88,313

Median home value

$569,300$736,900

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,700

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)

	South Miami	Westwood Lakes
Under 5	6.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	11.2%
25 to 34	16.1%	7.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	19.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	9.1%
75 and over	4.8%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South Miami	Westwood Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	27.5%	10.7%
Black or African American	9.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	52.4%	88.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South Miami	Westwood Lakes
No high school diploma	6.3%	20.9%
High school graduate	19.8%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South Miami	Westwood Lakes
Drove alone	62.4%	81.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	7.9%
Public transit	6.4%	1.4%
Walked	3.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.5%	7.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South Miami	Westwood Lakes
1-unit, detached	55.3%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.3%
20 or more units	25.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	South Miami	Westwood Lakes
Poverty rate	11.5%	8.0%
Average household size	2.50	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1966	1957