Highland Beach vs Pahokee

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

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

Pahokee has the higher population (5,539 vs 4,264 in Highland Beach). Highland Beach has the higher median household income ($142,363 vs $50,464 in Pahokee). Highland Beach has the higher median home value ($825,200 vs $137,500 in Pahokee).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Beach	Pahokee
Population	4,264	5,539
Median age	70.1 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$142,363	$50,464
Median home value	$825,200	$137,500
Median gross rent	$3,501	$912
Housing units	4,641	1,646
Homeownership rate	94.7%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	18.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Beach	Pahokee
Population	3,885 → 4,264 (+9.8%)	6,269 → 5,539 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$115,219 → $142,363 (+23.6%)	$27,095 → $50,464 (+86.2%)
Median home value	$591,500 → $825,200 (+39.5%)	$97,000 → $137,500 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,325 → $3,501 (+50.6%)	$567 → $912 (+60.8%)

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

Pahokee

Population

6,2695,539

Median household income

$27,095$50,464

Median home value

$97,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$567$912

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Beach	Pahokee
Under 5	0.0%	10.3%
5 to 17	0.6%	12.3%
18 to 24	3.6%	10.1%
25 to 34	3.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	2.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	16.9%	12.3%
65 to 74	25.8%	9.2%
75 and over	37.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Beach	Pahokee
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	13.5%
Black or African American	6.5%	51.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	33.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Beach	Pahokee
No high school diploma	3.2%	30.1%
High school graduate	8.1%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	33.7%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Beach	Pahokee
Drove alone	58.5%	68.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.3%
Public transit	3.2%	6.4%
Walked	4.1%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.2%	1.7%
Other means	1.0%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Beach	Pahokee
1-unit, detached	10.4%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	4.9%
20 or more units	81.1%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	20.7%

Poverty & households

	Highland Beach	Pahokee
Poverty rate	2.7%	27.4%
Average household size	1.84	3.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1983	1969