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Lake Worth CCD, Palm Beach County, FL

242,792 Population
43 square miles 5,641.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Palm Beach County: 45.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,208 ±$1,475 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Palm Beach County: $52,359 ±$729
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,076 ±$2,306 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Palm Beach County: $83,581 ±$1,022
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16% ±1.3% (38,149  ±3,066) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Palm Beach County: 11.3% 170,873 (±0.4% / ±6,141)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.1 minutes ±0.7 (2,976,480  ±110,456) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Palm Beach County: 26.5 15,768,335 (±0.2 / ±213,710)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

83,746 ±1,841 Number of households
  • Palm Beach County: 605,430 ±2,705
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.1 (239,233  ±3,446) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Palm Beach County: 2.5 1,506,918 (±0 / ±826)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±1.1% (3,131  ±620) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Palm Beach County: 4.8% 14,991 (±0.4% / ±1,187)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

97,327 ±1,653 Number of housing units
  • Palm Beach County: 719,463 ±352
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$310,400 ±$8,437 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Palm Beach County: $447,300 ±$4,180
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±1.2% (30,424  ±2,795.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Palm Beach County: 12.2% 186,166 (±0.4% / ±6,109)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.8% ±1.6% (132,382  ±3,523) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Palm Beach County: 89.2% 1,008,838 (±0.8% / ±8,793.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.5% ±0.9% (39,464  ±1,670.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Palm Beach County: 40.5% 458,432 (±0.5% / ±5,612.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

43.8% ±1.3% (106,289  ±3,460) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Palm Beach County: 27.7% 424,481
  • about double the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.8% ±0.5% (7,180  ±968) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Palm Beach County: 5.1% 63,752 (±0.2% / ±2,205)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
7,180 Total veterans ±968 6,380 Male ±846 800 Female ±221

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