West Perrine vs Westwood Lakes

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

West Perrine 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 9,944 in West Perrine). Westwood Lakes has the higher median household income ($87,341 vs $59,213 in West Perrine). Westwood Lakes has the higher median home value ($465,000 vs $328,800 in West Perrine).

Population, income & housing

	West Perrine	Westwood Lakes
Population	9,944	10,768
Median age	36.8 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,213	$87,341
Median home value	$328,800	$465,000
Median gross rent	$1,413	$2,243
Housing units	3,519	3,415
Homeownership rate	48.2%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	West Perrine	Westwood Lakes
Population	9,826 → 9,944 (+1.2%)	11,510 → 10,768 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$40,453 → $59,213 (+46.4%)	$51,500 → $87,341 (+69.6%)
Median home value	$205,100 → $328,800 (+60.3%)	$319,500 → $465,000 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,071 → $1,413 (+31.9%)	$1,496 → $2,243 (+49.9%)

West Perrine

Population

9,8269,944

Median household income

$40,453$59,213

Median home value

$205,100$328,800

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,413

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)

	West Perrine	Westwood Lakes
Under 5	6.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	20.7%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	11.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	7.8%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	16.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	10.5%	19.6%
65 to 74	5.3%	9.1%
75 and over	6.1%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	West Perrine	Westwood Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	2.7%	10.7%
Black or African American	40.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	54.5%	88.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	West Perrine	Westwood Lakes
No high school diploma	13.8%	20.9%
High school graduate	40.6%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	West Perrine	Westwood Lakes
Drove alone	78.3%	81.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	7.9%
Public transit	0.5%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.3%	7.4%
Other means	7.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	West Perrine	Westwood Lakes
1-unit, detached	53.7%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	20.8%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	0.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	West Perrine	Westwood Lakes
Poverty rate	19.3%	8.0%
Average household size	3.20	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1976	1957