Palm Beach vs Westgate

A side-by-side comparison of Palm Beach and Westgate: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palm Beach has the higher population (9,234 vs 8,369 in Westgate). Palm Beach has the higher median household income ($175,078 vs $50,441 in Westgate). Palm Beach has the higher median home value ($1,996,700 vs $242,600 in Westgate).

Population, income & housing

	Palm Beach	Westgate
Population	9,234	8,369
Median age	69.7 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$175,078	$50,441
Median home value	$1,996,700	$242,600
Median gross rent	$1,849	$1,341
Housing units	10,450	2,490
Homeownership rate	82.7%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.4%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palm Beach	Westgate
Population	8,723 → 9,234 (+5.9%)	9,783 → 8,369 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$141,348 → $175,078 (+23.9%)	$33,773 → $50,441 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$1,177,100 → $1,996,700 (+69.6%)	$142,500 → $242,600 (+70.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,744 → $1,849 (+6.0%)	$1,127 → $1,341 (+19.0%)

Palm Beach

Population

8,7239,234

Median household income

$141,348$175,078

Median home value

$1,177,100$1,996,700

Median gross rent

$1,744$1,849

Westgate

Population

9,7838,369

Median household income

$33,773$50,441

Median home value

$142,500$242,600

Median gross rent

$1,127$1,341

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palm Beach	Westgate
Under 5	1.5%	7.7%
5 to 17	3.6%	17.8%
18 to 24	1.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	2.7%	14.8%
35 to 44	3.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	6.9%	16.7%
55 to 64	19.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	23.4%	4.4%
75 and over	38.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palm Beach	Westgate
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	18.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	59.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palm Beach	Westgate
No high school diploma	2.6%	39.6%
High school graduate	10.8%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	35.5%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palm Beach	Westgate
Drove alone	44.8%	72.6%
Carpooled	1.1%	15.9%
Public transit	1.1%	4.3%
Walked	7.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	37.6%	2.8%
Other means	8.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palm Beach	Westgate
1-unit, detached	26.3%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	60.4%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Palm Beach	Westgate
Poverty rate	6.5%	24.1%
Average household size	1.69	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1971	1965