One downside of living in West Park is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In West Park, the average commute to work is 31.36 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
Even though West Park is a smaller city, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
The citizens of West Park are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 15.34% of adults in West Park have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree
The per capita income in West Park in 2022 was $24,958, which is lower middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $99,832 for a family of four. However, West Park contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
West Park is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West Park home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Park residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. West Park also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 42.52% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West Park include Jamaican, Haitian, Italian, Bahamian, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian.
In addition, West Park has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (40.85%).
The most common language spoken in West Park is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French Creole.
