Pahokee vs Tequesta

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

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

Tequesta has the higher population (6,118 vs 5,539 in Pahokee). Tequesta has the higher median household income ($103,036 vs $50,464 in Pahokee). Tequesta has the higher median home value ($570,400 vs $137,500 in Pahokee).

Population, income & housing

	Pahokee	Tequesta
Population	5,539	6,118
Median age	40.5 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,464	$103,036
Median home value	$137,500	$570,400
Median gross rent	$912	$1,774
Housing units	1,646	3,350
Homeownership rate	58.7%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	48.9%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pahokee	Tequesta
Population	6,269 → 5,539 (-11.6%)	6,071 → 6,118 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$27,095 → $50,464 (+86.2%)	$78,429 → $103,036 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$97,000 → $137,500 (+41.8%)	$381,100 → $570,400 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $912 (+60.8%)	$1,481 → $1,774 (+19.8%)

Pahokee

Population

6,2695,539

Median household income

$27,095$50,464

Median home value

$97,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$567$912

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)

	Pahokee	Tequesta
Under 5	10.3%	8.4%
5 to 17	12.3%	11.9%
18 to 24	10.1%	2.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.7%
75 and over	6.6%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pahokee	Tequesta
White (non-Hispanic)	13.5%	87.1%
Black or African American	51.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	33.4%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pahokee	Tequesta
No high school diploma	30.1%	3.7%
High school graduate	29.7%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pahokee	Tequesta
Drove alone	68.8%	61.4%
Carpooled	13.3%	3.7%
Public transit	6.4%	0.3%
Walked	6.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	32.3%
Other means	3.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pahokee	Tequesta
1-unit, detached	53.6%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	21.2%
20 or more units	6.9%	19.4%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pahokee	Tequesta
Poverty rate	27.4%	5.1%
Average household size	3.46	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1969	1976