Lake Park vs Westgate

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

Lake Park and Westgate 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 8,369 in Westgate). Lake Park has the higher median household income ($69,274 vs $50,441 in Westgate). Lake Park has the higher median home value ($361,700 vs $242,600 in Westgate).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Park	Westgate
Population	9,005	8,369
Median age	35.5 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,274	$50,441
Median home value	$361,700	$242,600
Median gross rent	$1,396	$1,341
Housing units	3,642	2,490
Homeownership rate	49.5%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Park	Westgate
Population	8,508 → 9,005 (+5.8%)	9,783 → 8,369 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$61,705 → $69,274 (+12.3%)	$33,773 → $50,441 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$201,400 → $361,700 (+79.6%)	$142,500 → $242,600 (+70.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,140 → $1,396 (+22.5%)	$1,127 → $1,341 (+19.0%)

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

Westgate

Population

9,7838,369

Median household income

$33,773$50,441

Median home value

$142,500$242,600

Median gross rent

$1,127$1,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Park	Westgate
Under 5	5.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	18.8%	14.8%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	16.7%
55 to 64	8.3%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.3%	4.4%
75 and over	6.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Park	Westgate
White (non-Hispanic)	24.3%	18.1%
Black or African American	56.5%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	59.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Park	Westgate
No high school diploma	16.2%	39.6%
High school graduate	30.1%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Park	Westgate
Drove alone	67.5%	72.6%
Carpooled	14.2%	15.9%
Public transit	2.2%	4.3%
Walked	2.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	12.4%	2.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Park	Westgate
1-unit, detached	43.2%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	26.4%	6.2%
20 or more units	17.6%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Park	Westgate
Poverty rate	14.5%	24.1%
Average household size	2.81	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1977	1965