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Lake Worth Beach, FL

43,365 Population
5.9 square miles 7,358.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 41.8 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,502 ±$2,435 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $43,766 ±$306
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $42,609 ±$179
$61,200 ±$5,398 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $76,527 ±$576
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $74,568 ±$284

21.2% ±3% (9,020  ±1,285) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 13.1% 807,868 (±0.2% / ±14,470)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 12.6% 2,759,397 (±0.1% / ±28,960)

26.8 minutes ±1.3 (500,660  ±40,604) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 29.3 76,410,570 (±0.1 / ±500,687)
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)

Families

15,493 ±742 Number of households
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,334,797 ±5,380
  • Florida: 8,752,810 ±20,285
2.8 ±0.1 (42,585  ±36) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2.6 6,159,485 (±0 / ±1,066)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,939,310

9.1% ±3.5% (879  ±339) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 4.6% 64,926 (±0.2% / ±2,472)
  • nearly double the rate in Florida: 4.8% 236,653 (±0.1% / ±4,994)

Housing

17,949 ±678 Number of housing units
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,680,465 ±483
  • Florida: 10,256,470 ±942

$401,200 ±$27,677 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $443,300 ±$1,894
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $359,000 ±$930

12.5% ±2.2% (5,335  ±941.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 12.4% 765,358 (±0.2% / ±13,545.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 13.7% 3,039,847 (±0.1% / ±25,871.7)

Social

72.1% ±3.8% (20,700  ±1,312.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 87.3% 3,941,051 (±0.4% / ±19,643.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Florida: 90% 14,597,205 (±0.2% / ±39,237.4)
24.8% ±2.3% (7,122  ±711.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 36.7% 1,654,882 (±0.3% / ±12,083.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 34.2% 5,541,467 (±0.1% / ±22,209.6)

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

40.7% ±3.3% (17,661  ±1,438) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 42.4% 2,647,328
  • nearly double the rate in Florida: 21.9% 4,905,727

3.7% ±1.1% (1,210  ±378) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 3.4% 168,279 (±0.1% / ±3,624)
  • about half the rate in Florida: 7.4% 1,327,071 (±0.1% / ±10,642)
1,210 Total veterans ±378 1,109 Male ±370 101 Female ±83

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