Pahokee vs Watergate

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

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

Pahokee has the higher population (5,539 vs 3,709 in Watergate). Watergate has the higher median household income ($72,641 vs $50,464 in Pahokee). Watergate has the higher median home value ($214,200 vs $137,500 in Pahokee).

Population, income & housing

	Pahokee	Watergate
Population	5,539	3,709
Median age	40.5 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,464	$72,641
Median home value	$137,500	$214,200
Median gross rent	$912	$2,109
Housing units	1,646	1,242
Homeownership rate	58.7%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pahokee	Watergate
Population	6,269 → 5,539 (-11.6%)	3,216 → 3,709 (+15.3%)
Median household income	$27,095 → $50,464 (+86.2%)	$41,215 → $72,641 (+76.2%)
Median home value	$97,000 → $137,500 (+41.8%)	$87,400 → $214,200 (+145.1%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $912 (+60.8%)	$1,462 → $2,109 (+44.3%)

Pahokee

Population

6,2695,539

Median household income

$27,095$50,464

Median home value

$97,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$567$912

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)

	Pahokee	Watergate
Under 5	10.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.3%	10.6%
18 to 24	10.1%	12.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	16.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	23.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.6%
75 and over	6.6%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pahokee	Watergate
White (non-Hispanic)	13.5%	42.9%
Black or African American	51.7%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	5.9%
Two or more races	1.2%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	33.4%	30.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pahokee	Watergate
No high school diploma	30.1%	27.9%
High school graduate	29.7%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pahokee	Watergate
Drove alone	68.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	13.3%	11.4%
Public transit	6.4%	1.1%
Walked	6.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	1.7%	3.4%
Other means	3.1%	5.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pahokee	Watergate
1-unit, detached	53.6%	30.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	68.0%

Poverty & households

	Pahokee	Watergate
Poverty rate	27.4%	24.5%
Average household size	3.46	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1969	1984