Tequesta vs Westgate

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

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

Westgate has the higher population (8,369 vs 6,118 in Tequesta). Tequesta has the higher median household income ($103,036 vs $50,441 in Westgate). Tequesta has the higher median home value ($570,400 vs $242,600 in Westgate).

Population, income & housing

	Tequesta	Westgate
Population	6,118	8,369
Median age	51.0 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$103,036	$50,441
Median home value	$570,400	$242,600
Median gross rent	$1,774	$1,341
Housing units	3,350	2,490
Homeownership rate	83.0%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.9%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tequesta	Westgate
Population	6,071 → 6,118 (+0.8%)	9,783 → 8,369 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$78,429 → $103,036 (+31.4%)	$33,773 → $50,441 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$381,100 → $570,400 (+49.7%)	$142,500 → $242,600 (+70.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,481 → $1,774 (+19.8%)	$1,127 → $1,341 (+19.0%)

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

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)

	Tequesta	Westgate
Under 5	8.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	11.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	2.8%	10.5%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	8.6%	16.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	4.4%
75 and over	18.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tequesta	Westgate
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	18.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	59.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tequesta	Westgate
No high school diploma	3.7%	39.6%
High school graduate	19.6%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tequesta	Westgate
Drove alone	61.4%	72.6%
Carpooled	3.7%	15.9%
Public transit	0.3%	4.3%
Walked	0.9%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	32.3%	2.8%
Other means	1.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tequesta	Westgate
1-unit, detached	51.5%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	21.2%	6.2%
20 or more units	19.4%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Tequesta	Westgate
Poverty rate	5.1%	24.1%
Average household size	2.25	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1976	1965