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Census Tract 17, Palm Beach, FL

5,177 Population
0.7 square miles 7,696.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Palm Beach: 41.1 ±1.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Palm Beach County: 45.3 ±0.1

Economics

$38,318 ±$10,845 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in West Palm Beach: $48,223 ±$2,366
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Palm Beach County: $52,359 ±$729
$66,375 ±$20,027 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in West Palm Beach: $73,446 ±$2,790
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Palm Beach County: $83,581 ±$1,022

28.5% ±20.3% (1,452  ±1,104) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in West Palm Beach: 14.2% † 16,767 (±1.6% / ±1,934)
  • more than double the rate in Palm Beach County: 11.3% 170,873 (±0.4% / ±6,141)

20.6 minutes ±8.9 (43,900  ±13,099) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in West Palm Beach: 23.4 1,247,855 (±0.5 / ±56,135)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Palm Beach County: 26.5 15,768,335 (±0.2 / ±213,710)

Families

2,002 ±319 Number of households
  • West Palm Beach: 52,522 ±1,220
  • Palm Beach County: 605,430 ±2,705
2.5 ±0.6 (5,036  ±1,374) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Palm Beach: 2.3 118,182 (±0.1 / ±263)
  • about the same as the figure in Palm Beach County: 2.5 1,506,918 (±0 / ±826)

8.3% ±9.7% (48  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in West Palm Beach: 4.4% † 1,229 (±1.1% / ±315)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Palm Beach County: 4.8% 14,991 (±0.4% / ±1,187)

Housing

2,703 ±289 Number of housing units
  • West Palm Beach: 62,464 ±1,142
  • Palm Beach County: 719,463 ±352

$484,700 ±$123,209 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in West Palm Beach: $414,200 ±$13,945
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Palm Beach County: $447,300 ±$4,180

7.8% ±3% (401  ±189.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in West Palm Beach: 15.4% 18,631 (±1.5% / ±1,844.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Palm Beach County: 12.2% 186,166 (±0.4% / ±6,109)

Social

78.1% ±24.1% (2,960  ±620.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Palm Beach: 87.2% 78,638 (±2.6% / ±2,704.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Palm Beach County: 89.2% 1,008,838 (±0.8% / ±8,793.5)
26.4% ±3.3% (999  ±257.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in West Palm Beach: 39.2% 35,358 (±1.8% / ±1,731.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Palm Beach County: 40.5% 458,432 (±0.5% / ±5,612.1)

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

30% ±14.1% (1,555  ±839) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in West Palm Beach: 28.2% 34,496 (±1.6% / ±1,908)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Palm Beach County: 27.7% 424,481

7.5% ±4.2% (304  ±184) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Palm Beach: 4.7% † 4,732 (±0.6% / ±606)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Palm Beach County: 5.1% 63,752 (±0.2% / ±2,205)
304 Total veterans ±184 283 Male ±179 21 Female ±35

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