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Census Tract 21, Palm Beach, FL

5,325 Population
0.9 square miles 6,009 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±4.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in West Palm Beach: 41.1 ±1.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Palm Beach County: 45.3 ±0.1

Economics

$22,613 ±$4,572 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in West Palm Beach: $48,223 ±$2,366
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Palm Beach County: $52,359 ±$729
$48,882 ±$16,626 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Palm Beach: $73,446 ±$2,790
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Palm Beach County: $83,581 ±$1,022

33.1% ±10.3% (1,723  ±608) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 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)

22.1 minutes ±1.6 (39,500  ±9,715) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than 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

1,874 ±265 Number of households
  • West Palm Beach: 52,522 ±1,220
  • Palm Beach County: 605,430 ±2,705
2.8 ±0.3 (5,195  ±872) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Palm Beach: 2.3 118,182 (±0.1 / ±263)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Palm Beach County: 2.5 1,506,918 (±0 / ±826)

6.5% ±8.1% (84  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in West Palm Beach: 4.4% † 1,229 (±1.1% / ±315)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Palm Beach County: 4.8% 14,991 (±0.4% / ±1,187)

Housing

2,114 ±232 Number of housing units
  • West Palm Beach: 62,464 ±1,142
  • Palm Beach County: 719,463 ±352

$266,200 ±$44,617 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in West Palm Beach: $414,200 ±$13,945
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Palm Beach County: $447,300 ±$4,180

26.1% ±12.6% (1,383  ±702.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in West Palm Beach: 15.4% 18,631 (±1.5% / ±1,844.6)
  • more than double the rate in Palm Beach County: 12.2% 186,166 (±0.4% / ±6,109)

Social

75.4% ±20.7% (2,459  ±460.3) 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 80 percent of the rate in Palm Beach County: 89.2% 1,008,838 (±0.8% / ±8,793.5)
24% ±6.3% (782  ±259) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Palm Beach: 39.2% 35,358 (±1.8% / ±1,731.6)
  • about three-fifths 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

17.1% ±5.8% (911  ±344) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in West Palm Beach: 28.2% 34,496 (±1.6% / ±1,908)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Palm Beach County: 27.7% 424,481

5.1% ±2.6% (182  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in West Palm Beach: 4.7% † 4,732 (±0.6% / ±606)
  • about the same as the rate in Palm Beach County: 5.1% 63,752 (±0.2% / ±2,205)
182 Total veterans ±100 182 Male ±100 N/A Female ±21

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