Lake Clarke Shores vs Westlake

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

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

Lake Clarke Shores has the higher population (3,550 vs 2,876 in Westlake). Lake Clarke Shores has the higher median household income ($150,393 vs $140,000 in Westlake). Westlake has the higher median home value ($629,100 vs $494,700 in Lake Clarke Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Clarke Shores	Westlake
Population	3,550	2,876
Median age	45.7 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$150,393	$140,000
Median home value	$494,700	$629,100
Housing units	1,354	964
Homeownership rate	92.7%	98.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	54.2%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Clarke Shores	Westlake
Population	3,600 → 3,550 (-1.4%)	52 → 2,876 (+5430.8%)
Median household income	$96,009 → $150,393 (+56.6%)	$102,769 → $140,000 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$322,400 → $494,700 (+53.4%)	$408,500 → $629,100 (+54.0%)

Lake Clarke Shores

Population

3,6003,550

Median household income

$96,009$150,393

Median home value

$322,400$494,700

Westlake

Population

522,876

Median household income

$102,769$140,000

Median home value

$408,500$629,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Clarke Shores	Westlake
Under 5	1.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.4%	22.1%
18 to 24	17.4%	5.1%
25 to 34	4.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	7.4%	17.0%
45 to 54	27.2%	9.2%
55 to 64	11.4%	21.5%
65 to 74	8.1%	4.6%
75 and over	5.1%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Clarke Shores	Westlake
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	48.3%
Black or African American	5.8%	17.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	29.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Clarke Shores	Westlake
No high school diploma	8.9%	3.5%
High school graduate	25.0%	11.7%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	38.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Clarke Shores	Westlake
Drove alone	63.8%	67.1%
Carpooled	10.2%	9.2%
Public transit	0.5%	1.7%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.5%	21.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Clarke Shores	Westlake
1-unit, detached	82.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Clarke Shores	Westlake
Poverty rate	5.0%	3.3%
Average household size	3.30	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	22	52
Median year structure built	1976	2021