Loxahatchee Groves vs Watergate

A side-by-side comparison of Loxahatchee Groves and Watergate: population, income, housing, and more.

Loxahatchee Groves and Watergate are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Watergate has the higher population (3,709 vs 3,405 in Loxahatchee Groves). Loxahatchee Groves has the higher median household income ($113,654 vs $72,641 in Watergate). Loxahatchee Groves has the higher median home value ($583,700 vs $214,200 in Watergate).

Population, income & housing

	Loxahatchee Groves	Watergate
Population	3,405	3,709
Median age	52.0 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$113,654	$72,641
Median home value	$583,700	$214,200
Median gross rent	—	$2,109
Housing units	1,322	1,242
Homeownership rate	90.7%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loxahatchee Groves	Watergate
Population	3,520 → 3,405 (-3.3%)	3,216 → 3,709 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$78,875 → $113,654 (+44.1%)	$41,215 → $72,641 (+76.2%)
Median home value	$386,300 → $583,700 (+51.1%)	$87,400 → $214,200 (+145.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,401 → $2,200 (+57.0%)	$1,462 → $2,109 (+44.3%)

Loxahatchee Groves

Population

3,5203,405

Median household income

$78,875$113,654

Median home value

$386,300$583,700

Median gross rent

$1,401$2,200

Watergate

Population

3,2163,709

Median household income

$41,215$72,641

Median home value

$87,400$214,200

Median gross rent

$1,462$2,109

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loxahatchee Groves	Watergate
Under 5	4.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.5%	10.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	12.4%
25 to 34	8.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	16.4%	16.6%
55 to 64	17.8%	23.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	6.6%
75 and over	14.4%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loxahatchee Groves	Watergate
White (non-Hispanic)	67.5%	42.9%
Black or African American	8.4%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.9%
Two or more races	2.1%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	30.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loxahatchee Groves	Watergate
No high school diploma	8.3%	27.9%
High school graduate	29.6%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.1%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loxahatchee Groves	Watergate
Drove alone	71.5%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.9%	11.4%
Public transit	1.8%	1.1%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.4%	1.8%
Worked from home	11.3%	3.4%
Other means	1.8%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loxahatchee Groves	Watergate
1-unit, detached	92.7%	30.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	68.0%

Poverty & households

	Loxahatchee Groves	Watergate
Poverty rate	4.5%	24.5%
Average household size	2.85	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1987	1984