Highland Beach vs Watergate

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

Highland Beach and Watergate 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 3,709 in Watergate). Highland Beach has the higher median household income ($142,363 vs $72,641 in Watergate). Highland Beach has the higher median home value ($825,200 vs $214,200 in Watergate).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Beach	Watergate
Population	4,264	3,709
Median age	70.1 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$142,363	$72,641
Median home value	$825,200	$214,200
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,109
Housing units	4,641	1,242
Homeownership rate	94.7%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Beach	Watergate
Population	3,885 → 4,264 (+9.8%)	3,216 → 3,709 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$115,219 → $142,363 (+23.6%)	$41,215 → $72,641 (+76.2%)
Median home value	$591,500 → $825,200 (+39.5%)	$87,400 → $214,200 (+145.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,325 → $3,501 (+50.6%)	$1,462 → $2,109 (+44.3%)

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

Watergate

Population

3,2163,709

Median household income

$41,215$72,641

Median home value

$87,400$214,200

Median gross rent

$1,462$2,109

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Beach	Watergate
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	0.6%	10.6%
18 to 24	3.6%	12.4%
25 to 34	3.0%	12.0%
35 to 44	2.1%	9.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	16.6%
55 to 64	16.9%	23.9%
65 to 74	25.8%	6.6%
75 and over	37.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Beach	Watergate
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	42.9%
Black or African American	6.5%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.7%	5.9%
Two or more races	0.7%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	30.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Beach	Watergate
No high school diploma	3.2%	27.9%
High school graduate	8.1%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	33.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Beach	Watergate
Drove alone	58.5%	76.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.4%
Public transit	3.2%	1.1%
Walked	4.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	33.2%	3.4%
Other means	1.0%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Beach	Watergate
1-unit, detached	10.4%	30.1%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	81.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	68.0%

Poverty & households

	Highland Beach	Watergate
Poverty rate	2.7%	24.5%
Average household size	1.84	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1983	1984