Lake Worth Beach vs Wellington

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

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

Wellington has the higher population (61,497 vs 42,650 in Lake Worth Beach). Wellington has the higher median household income ($110,294 vs $60,978 in Lake Worth Beach). Wellington has the higher median home value ($557,100 vs $329,300 in Lake Worth Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Worth Beach	Wellington
Population	42,650	61,497
Median age	37.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,978	$110,294
Median home value	$329,300	$557,100
Median gross rent	$1,439	$2,445
Housing units	17,742	24,285
Homeownership rate	45.6%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Worth Beach	Wellington
Population	38,254 → 42,650 (+11.5%)	64,396 → 61,497 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$41,997 → $60,978 (+45.2%)	$92,586 → $110,294 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$223,300 → $329,300 (+47.5%)	$382,000 → $557,100 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,139 → $1,439 (+26.3%)	$1,867 → $2,445 (+31.0%)

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

Wellington

Population

64,39661,497

Median household income

$92,586$110,294

Median home value

$382,000$557,100

Median gross rent

$1,867$2,445

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Worth Beach	Wellington
Under 5	5.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.5%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.6%
75 and over	6.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Worth Beach	Wellington
White (non-Hispanic)	29.7%	52.4%
Black or African American	18.3%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	48.0%	26.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Worth Beach	Wellington
No high school diploma	26.8%	5.3%
High school graduate	23.0%	17.6%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Worth Beach	Wellington
Drove alone	61.9%	71.0%
Carpooled	19.2%	7.1%
Public transit	3.9%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.0%	18.2%
Other means	5.1%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Worth Beach	Wellington
1-unit, detached	46.8%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	8.2%
20 or more units	12.7%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake Worth Beach	Wellington
Poverty rate	20.8%	6.7%
Average household size	2.74	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1968	1995