Lake Park vs Tequesta

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Park and Tequesta: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Park has the higher population (9,005 vs 6,118 in Tequesta). Tequesta has the higher median household income ($103,036 vs $69,274 in Lake Park). Tequesta has the higher median home value ($570,400 vs $361,700 in Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Park	Tequesta
Population	9,005	6,118
Median age	35.5 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,274	$103,036
Median home value	$361,700	$570,400
Median gross rent	$1,396	$1,774
Housing units	3,642	3,350
Homeownership rate	49.5%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	48.9%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Park	Tequesta
Population	8,508 → 9,005 (+5.8%)	6,071 → 6,118 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$61,705 → $69,274 (+12.3%)	$78,429 → $103,036 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$201,400 → $361,700 (+79.6%)	$381,100 → $570,400 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,140 → $1,396 (+22.5%)	$1,481 → $1,774 (+19.8%)

Lake Park

Population

8,5089,005

Median household income

$61,705$69,274

Median home value

$201,400$361,700

Median gross rent

$1,140$1,396

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)

	Lake Park	Tequesta
Under 5	5.4%	8.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	11.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	2.8%
25 to 34	18.8%	13.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	8.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	12.7%
75 and over	6.5%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Park	Tequesta
White (non-Hispanic)	24.3%	87.1%
Black or African American	56.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Park	Tequesta
No high school diploma	16.2%	3.7%
High school graduate	30.1%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Park	Tequesta
Drove alone	67.5%	61.4%
Carpooled	14.2%	3.7%
Public transit	2.2%	0.3%
Walked	2.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	32.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Park	Tequesta
1-unit, detached	43.2%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	26.4%	21.2%
20 or more units	17.6%	19.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Park	Tequesta
Poverty rate	14.5%	5.1%
Average household size	2.81	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1977	1976