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Lake Worth Beach, FL

42,188 Population
5.9 square miles 7,158.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.4 ±0.1

Economics

$28,939 ±$1,714 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $39,957 ±$337
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $38,850 ±$186
$57,489 ±$4,591 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $69,085 ±$465
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $67,917 ±$259

21.1% ±2.8% (8,717  ±1,176) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 13.4% 809,815 (±0.2% / ±14,796)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 12.9% 2,725,633 (±0.1% / ±29,282)

28 minutes ±1.3 (541,955  ±45,774) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 29.6 78,043,750 (±0.1 / ±443,868)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 27.9 243,090,270 (±0.1 / ±907,292)

Families

15,029 ±748 Number of households
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,284,247 ±5,472
  • Florida: 8,353,441 ±20,969
2.8 ±0.1 (41,298  ±77) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2.6 6,033,911 (±0 / ±761)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,164,852

8% ±3.2% (759  ±312) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 4.6% 64,395 (±0.2% / ±2,375)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 4.8% 228,015 (±0.1% / ±4,696)

Housing

17,303 ±732 Number of housing units
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,643,202 ±467
  • Florida: 9,915,957 ±765

$290,600 ±$26,327 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $369,500 ±$1,528
  • about the same as the amount in Florida: $292,200 ±$719

13.7% ±2.2% (5,719  ±,927.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 12.6% 763,168 (±0.2% / ±10,848.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 14.4% 3,089,216 (±0.1% / ±26,486.4)

Social

73.7% ±4% (20,980  ±1,318.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 86.6% 3,809,199 (±0.4% / ±17,906)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 89.3% 13,908,975 (±0.2% / ±36,411.4)
23.7% ±2.5% (6,749  ±,749.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 34.9% 1,533,691 (±0.3% / ±11,012.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 32.3% 5,037,466 (±0.1% / ±20,446.6)

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

41.5% ±2.9% (17,503  ±1,207) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 41.5% 2,540,802
  • about double the rate in Florida: 21.1% 4,574,432

4.6% ±1.1% (1,509  ±367) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 3.7% 183,062 (±0.1% / ±3,570)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 7.9% 1,369,719 (±0.1% / ±10,194)
1,509 Total veterans ±367 1,317 Male ±353 192 Female ±136

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