Highland Beach vs Tequesta

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

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

Tequesta has the higher population (6,118 vs 4,264 in Highland Beach). Highland Beach has the higher median household income ($142,363 vs $103,036 in Tequesta). Highland Beach has the higher median home value ($825,200 vs $570,400 in Tequesta).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Beach	Tequesta
Population	4,264	6,118
Median age	70.1 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$142,363	$103,036
Median home value	$825,200	$570,400
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,774
Housing units	4,641	3,350
Homeownership rate	94.7%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	48.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Beach	Tequesta
Population	3,885 → 4,264 (+9.8%)	6,071 → 6,118 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$115,219 → $142,363 (+23.6%)	$78,429 → $103,036 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$591,500 → $825,200 (+39.5%)	$381,100 → $570,400 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,325 → $3,501 (+50.6%)	$1,481 → $1,774 (+19.8%)

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

Tequesta

Population

6,0716,118

Median household income

$78,429$103,036

Median home value

$381,100$570,400

Median gross rent

$1,481$1,774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Beach	Tequesta
Under 5	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	0.6%	11.9%
18 to 24	3.6%	2.8%
25 to 34	3.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	2.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	8.6%
55 to 64	16.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	25.8%	12.7%
75 and over	37.3%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Beach	Tequesta
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	87.1%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Beach	Tequesta
No high school diploma	3.2%	3.7%
High school graduate	8.1%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	33.7%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Beach	Tequesta
Drove alone	58.5%	61.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.7%
Public transit	3.2%	0.3%
Walked	4.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.2%	32.3%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Beach	Tequesta
1-unit, detached	10.4%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	21.2%
20 or more units	81.1%	19.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highland Beach	Tequesta
Poverty rate	2.7%	5.1%
Average household size	1.84	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1983	1976