Lake Clarke Shores vs Watergate

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

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

Watergate has the higher population (3,709 vs 3,550 in Lake Clarke Shores). Lake Clarke Shores has the higher median household income ($150,393 vs $72,641 in Watergate). Lake Clarke Shores has the higher median home value ($494,700 vs $214,200 in Watergate).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Clarke Shores	Watergate
Population	3,550	3,709
Median age	45.7 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$150,393	$72,641
Median home value	$494,700	$214,200
Median gross rent	—	$2,109
Housing units	1,354	1,242
Homeownership rate	92.7%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Clarke Shores	Watergate
Population	3,600 → 3,550 (-1.4%)	3,216 → 3,709 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$96,009 → $150,393 (+56.6%)	$41,215 → $72,641 (+76.2%)
Median home value	$322,400 → $494,700 (+53.4%)	$87,400 → $214,200 (+145.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,462 → $2,109 (+44.3%)

Lake Clarke Shores

Population

3,6003,550

Median household income

$96,009$150,393

Median home value

$322,400$494,700

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)

	Lake Clarke Shores	Watergate
Under 5	1.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	10.6%
18 to 24	17.4%	12.4%
25 to 34	4.4%	12.0%
35 to 44	7.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	27.2%	16.6%
55 to 64	11.4%	23.9%
65 to 74	8.1%	6.6%
75 and over	5.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Clarke Shores	Watergate
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	42.9%
Black or African American	5.8%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	30.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Clarke Shores	Watergate
No high school diploma	8.9%	27.9%
High school graduate	25.0%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Clarke Shores	Watergate
Drove alone	63.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	10.2%	11.4%
Public transit	0.5%	1.1%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	25.5%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Clarke Shores	Watergate
1-unit, detached	82.4%	30.1%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	68.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Clarke Shores	Watergate
Poverty rate	5.0%	24.5%
Average household size	3.30	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1976	1984