Highland Beach vs Lake Clarke Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Highland Beach and Lake Clarke Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Highland Beach and Lake Clarke Shores are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Highland Beach has the higher population (4,264 vs 3,550 in Lake Clarke Shores). Lake Clarke Shores has the higher median household income ($150,393 vs $142,363 in Highland Beach). Highland Beach has the higher median home value ($825,200 vs $494,700 in Lake Clarke Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Beach	Lake Clarke Shores
Population	4,264	3,550
Median age	70.1 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$142,363	$150,393
Median home value	$825,200	$494,700
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	4,641	1,354
Homeownership rate	94.7%	92.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	50.4%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Beach	Lake Clarke Shores
Population	3,885 → 4,264 (+9.8%)	3,600 → 3,550 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$115,219 → $142,363 (+23.6%)	$96,009 → $150,393 (+56.6%)
Median home value	$591,500 → $825,200 (+39.5%)	$322,400 → $494,700 (+53.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,325 → $3,501 (+50.6%)	—

Highland Beach

Population

3,8854,264

Median household income

$115,219$142,363

Median home value

$591,500$825,200

Median gross rent

$2,325$3,501

Lake Clarke Shores

Population

3,6003,550

Median household income

$96,009$150,393

Median home value

$322,400$494,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Beach	Lake Clarke Shores
Under 5	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 17	0.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	3.6%	17.4%
25 to 34	3.0%	4.4%
35 to 44	2.1%	7.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	27.2%
55 to 64	16.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	25.8%	8.1%
75 and over	37.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Beach	Lake Clarke Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	63.1%
Black or African American	6.5%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	30.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Beach	Lake Clarke Shores
No high school diploma	3.2%	8.9%
High school graduate	8.1%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	33.7%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Beach	Lake Clarke Shores
Drove alone	58.5%	63.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.2%
Public transit	3.2%	0.5%
Walked	4.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.2%	25.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Beach	Lake Clarke Shores
1-unit, detached	10.4%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.0%
20 or more units	81.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Highland Beach	Lake Clarke Shores
Poverty rate	2.7%	5.0%
Average household size	1.84	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1983	1976