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West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Division

1,582,055 Population
1,964.3 square miles 805.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 41.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$51,646 ±$1,387 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $44,678 ±$544
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$84,789 ±$2,180 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $80,625 ±$777
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.7% ±0.9% (181,474  ±14,265) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 12.7% 810,781 (±0.4% / ±25,412)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27 minutes ±0.5 (17,008,056  ±461,747) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 30.2 84,082,856 (±0.3 / ±1,216,463)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

623,577 ±5,756 Number of households
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,382,154 ±10,095
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (1,553,190  ±495) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2.7 6,368,721 (±0 / ±1,354)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.2% ±0.6% (13,650  ±1,969) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 4.7% 68,441 (±0.3% / ±4,730)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

730,240 ±505 Number of housing units
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,714,779 ±657
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$513,700 ±$11,755 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $510,600 ±$6,110
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.9% ±1% (187,025  ±15,264.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 12.2% 777,958 (±0.4% / ±27,683.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.5% ±1.7% (1,044,827  ±19,787.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 87.8% 4,104,057 (±0.8% / ±36,198.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
42.3% ±1.1% (493,430  ±13,323.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 38.7% 1,808,284 (±0.5% / ±23,903.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

35.5% ±1.2% (534,270  ±17,798.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 56.4% 3,451,375 (±0.5% / ±27,939.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

29.1% (460,002  ±16,433) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 43.6% 2,812,880
  • about double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.6% ±0.4% (59,583  ±4,454) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 3% 153,308 (±0.2% / ±8,134)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
59,583 Total veterans ±4,454 55,006 Male ±4,279 4,577 Female ±1,175

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