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Westlake

City, Palm Beach County. Population 6,685 (2025), +4.1% on the prior year, +637.9% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Westlake

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 6.37 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population6,685Population, April 1, 2010 to 202520106.7k high2025
Change since the prior year+4.1%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020+637.9%2020 to 2025
Census 20209062020

University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Florida Estimates of Population, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Population estimates

The City of Westlake was incorporated on June 20, 2016.

The City of Westlake was incorporated on June 20, 2016.

The City of Westlake was incorporated on June 20, 2016.

The City of Westlake was incorporated on June 20, 2016.

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Basis of the latest figureestimate2025

Population by year

April 1 of each year. Basis is census in a census year, otherwise BEBR's estimate.

YearPopulationBasisChange
20256,685estimate+4.1%
20246,419estimate+36.7%
20234,694estimate+57.5%
20222,981estimate+69.7%
20211,757estimate+93.9%
2020906census+138.4%
2019380estimate+1210.3%
201829estimate+480.0%
20175estimaten/a
20100censusn/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Palm Beach County)4.6%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201614.1% highAug 2026
Labor force (Palm Beach County)773,792Aug 2026
Employment (Palm Beach County)737,930Aug 2026
Unemployed (Palm Beach County)35,862Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.3%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.1%Aug 2026

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Labor force page

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Latest month is preliminaryyesAug 2026

Monthly, last three years

Not seasonally adjusted. The latest month may be preliminary.

MonthLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
Aug 2026773,792737,93035,8624.6%
Jul 2026768,773732,25836,5154.7%
Jun 2026775,025739,44735,5784.6%
May 2026775,031740,65134,3804.4%
Apr 2026774,233739,13335,1004.5%
Mar 2026773,230739,14934,0814.4%
Feb 2026774,261737,11237,1494.8%
Jan 2026771,360733,22938,1314.9%
Dec 2025773,460739,00434,4564.5%
Nov 2025776,402738,09738,3054.9%
Sep 2025776,486743,02133,4654.3%
Aug 2025773,226739,73133,4954.3%
Jul 2025773,015740,98332,0324.1%
Jun 2025776,511746,13930,3723.9%
May 2025778,513751,46327,0503.5%
Apr 2025779,666754,05325,6133.3%
Mar 2025780,405754,13326,2723.4%
Feb 2025778,386751,66926,7173.4%
Jan 2025779,316751,64827,6683.6%
Dec 2024776,334752,42423,9103.1%
Nov 2024773,135746,07227,0633.5%
Oct 2024778,940752,05026,8903.5%
Sep 2024776,793749,17327,6203.6%
Aug 2024777,692747,51030,1823.9%
Jul 2024778,624748,94329,6813.8%
Jun 2024776,005748,21727,7883.6%
May 2024775,331751,87423,4573.0%
Apr 2024778,540756,48922,0512.8%
Mar 2024779,231755,89323,3383.0%
Feb 2024776,581752,67723,9043.1%
Jan 2024774,229749,45524,7743.2%
Dec 2023775,691753,48622,2052.9%
Nov 2023775,619751,52724,0923.1%
Oct 2023779,555754,24225,3133.2%
Sep 2023776,109750,32725,7823.3%
Aug 2023774,544747,52427,0203.5%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025776,853746,35830,4953.9%
2024776,786750,89825,8883.3%
2023771,908748,84023,0683.0%
2022750,193727,58122,6123.0%
2021723,837691,48732,3504.5%
2020706,173649,67456,4998.0%
2019722,416698,18524,2313.4%
2018715,256688,91826,3383.7%
2017711,071680,88330,1884.2%
2016702,767669,08333,6844.8%
2015690,164654,52735,6375.2%
2014680,816639,22141,5956.1%
2013668,363618,41049,9537.5%
2012655,511597,80457,7078.8%
2011650,679584,23266,44710.2%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses24New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20163 highAug 2026
Food service licenses14Aug 2026
Lodging licenses0Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses10Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months4Aug 2026

Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Licenses

Licenses are placed inside the city limits by their geocoded address.

No ZIP code has its Census internal point inside this place, so ZIP Code Business Patterns are not shown.

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Licenses by type

Counted licenses in DBPR's food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage files, placed by geocoded address.

License typeFileActive
2010-SEATfood10
2APSalcohol5
2COPalcohol3
2010-NOSTfood3
3PSalcohol1
4COP-SFSalcohol1
2014-MFDVfood1

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months626Housing units permitted by month, Jul 2017 to Aug 2026Jul 2017167 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before+17.9%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$181MAug 2026
Units, latest month43Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months626Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table5852025

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place and county residential permits, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Building permits

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Monthly, last three years

Residential permits as the Bureau publishes them; imputed months are the Bureau's imputations.

MonthUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
Aug 202643430$13.4M
Jul 202657570$17.8M
Jun 202640400$12.5M
May 202653530$16.5M
Apr 202656560$17.4M
Mar 202653530$15.7M
Feb 202640400$11.8M
Jan 202625250$0
Dec 202538380$11.2M
Nov 202551510$15.1M
Oct 20251321320$39.1M
Sep 202538380$10.9M
Aug 202540400$11.5M
Jul 202532320$9.47M
Jun 202526260$7.7M
May 202527270$7.99M
Apr 202551510$15.1M
Mar 202559590$17M
Feb 202550500$14.4M
Jan 202541410$11.8M
Dec 202471710$20.4M
Nov 202436360$10.4M
Oct 202444440$12.7M
Sep 202454540$15.5M
Aug 202491910$26.2M
Jul 202458580$16.7M
Jun 202431310$8.92M
May 202433330$9.49M
Apr 202431310$8.92M
Mar 202439390$11.1M
Feb 202436360$10.3M
Jan 202416160$4.57M
Dec 202348480$13.7M
Nov 202355550$15.7M
Oct 202370700$20M
Sep 202337370$10.6M

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
20255855850$171M
20245405400$155M
20235535530$155M
20226516510$163M
20217707700$181M
20204204200$97.8M
20192072070$47.2M
20182072070$46.1M
201720200$5.05M

Fiscal

FY2024
Total revenues$10MState revenue sharing distributions by month, Aug 2020 to Sep 2026Aug 2020$8.53K highSep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$8.15KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$101KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$101KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+29.8%Sep 2026
Revenues, change on the year before+29.3%FY2024
Total expenditures$6.54MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+2.2%FY2024

Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Expenditures and Revenues Reported by Florida's County and Municipal Governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Revenue, Revenue Confirmation Online, distributions to local governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Financial Services, LOGERx local government Annual Financial Report data, long-term debt outstanding, retrieved 2026-10-04 | Distributions Annual financial report

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Revenues per resident$1.56KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$0FY2024

State revenue sharing, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$8.15K
Aug 2026$8.15K
Jul 2026$8.15K
Jun 2026$8.46K
May 2026$8.46K
Apr 2026$8.46K
Mar 2026$8.46K
Feb 2026$8.46K
Jan 2026$8.46K
Dec 2025$8.51K
Nov 2025$8.51K
Oct 2025$8.51K
Sep 2025$8.53K
Aug 2025$8.53K
Jul 2025$8.53K
Jun 2025$5.77K
May 2025$5.77K
Apr 2025$5.77K
Mar 2025$5.77K
Feb 2025$5.77K
Jan 2025$5.77K
Dec 2024$5.77K
Nov 2024$5.82K
Oct 2024$5.82K
Sep 2024$5.82K
Aug 2024$5.82K
Jul 2024$5.82K
Jun 2024$3.6K
May 2024$3.6K
Apr 2024$3.6K
Mar 2024$3.6K
Feb 2024$3.6K
Jan 2024$3.6K
Dec 2023$3.6K
Nov 2023$3.6K
Oct 2023$3.6K

Long-term debt by fiscal year

Total long-term debt outstanding at fiscal year end, all funds, as the government reported it to the Department of Financial Services in its Annual Financial Report.

Fiscal yearDebt outstandingChange
FY2024$0n/a
FY2023$0n/a
FY2022$0n/a
FY2021$0n/a
FY2020$0n/a
FY2019$0n/a
FY2018$0n/a
FY2017$0n/a
FY2016$0n/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$5.37M$3.69M+45.6%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$2.59M$2.49M+4.3%
Charges for Services$679K$462K+47.1%
Miscellaneous Revenues$1.37M$1.05M+31.1%
Other Sourcesn/a$65.9Kn/a
Intergovernmental Revenuesn/an/an/a
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a

Expenditures by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Services (Not Court-Related)$4.14M$4.42M-6.3%
Public Safety$1.03M$860K+19.3%
Physical Environment$1.3M$1.05M+24.2%
Economic Environment$69.4K$70.4K-1.4%
Human Servicesn/an/an/a

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