Lake Worth Beach vs The Acreage

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Worth Beach and The Acreage: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Worth Beach has the higher population (42,650 vs 40,188 in The Acreage). The Acreage has the higher median household income ($105,405 vs $60,978 in Lake Worth Beach). The Acreage has the higher median home value ($464,400 vs $329,300 in Lake Worth Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Worth Beach	The Acreage
Population	42,650	40,188
Median age	37.4 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,978	$105,405
Median home value	$329,300	$464,400
Median gross rent	$1,439	$1,774
Housing units	17,742	13,337
Homeownership rate	45.6%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Worth Beach	The Acreage
Population	38,254 → 42,650 (+11.5%)	40,177 → 40,188 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$41,997 → $60,978 (+45.2%)	$90,034 → $105,405 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$223,300 → $329,300 (+47.5%)	$315,600 → $464,400 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,139 → $1,439 (+26.3%)	$1,912 → $1,774 (-7.2%)

Lake Worth Beach

Population

38,25442,650

Median household income

$41,997$60,978

Median home value

$223,300$329,300

Median gross rent

$1,139$1,439

The Acreage

Population

40,17740,188

Median household income

$90,034$105,405

Median home value

$315,600$464,400

Median gross rent

$1,912$1,774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Worth Beach	The Acreage
Under 5	5.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	18.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	17.1%
55 to 64	10.3%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.1%
75 and over	6.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Worth Beach	The Acreage
White (non-Hispanic)	29.7%	60.2%
Black or African American	18.3%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	48.0%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Worth Beach	The Acreage
No high school diploma	26.8%	9.0%
High school graduate	23.0%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Worth Beach	The Acreage
Drove alone	61.9%	78.8%
Carpooled	19.2%	7.0%
Public transit	3.9%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	12.0%
Other means	5.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Worth Beach	The Acreage
1-unit, detached	46.8%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	0.2%
20 or more units	12.7%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lake Worth Beach	The Acreage
Poverty rate	20.8%	4.1%
Average household size	2.74	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	27	38
Median year structure built	1968	1996