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Palm Bay, FL

142,035 Population
86.7 square miles 1,638.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 46.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,297 ±$2,136 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: $42,924 ±$1,363
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Florida: $43,582 ±$267
$77,638 ±$3,864 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: $78,196 ±$2,004
  • about the same as the amount in Florida: $77,735 ±$564

11% ±3.3% (15,458  ±4,587) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 10% † 64,632 (±1.2% / ±7,564)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 12.1% 2,758,614 (±0.3% / ±58,688)

27.8 minutes ±0.8 (1,439,205  ±58,797) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 25.4 6,116,110 (±0.4 / ±131,280)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 28.1 244,966,830 (±0.1 / ±847,532)

Families

48,423 ±2,775 Number of households
  • the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 267,461 ±4,632
  • Florida: 9,141,675 ±28,885
2.9 ±0.2 (140,930  ±98) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 2.4 648,713 (±0 / ±191)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 2.5 22,888,804

3.2% ±1.7% (1,098  ±590) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 4.1% † 5,400 (±1% / ±1,299)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 4.7% 241,304 (±0.2% / ±10,582)

Housing

52,978 ±3,306 Number of housing units
  • the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 310,112 ±110
  • Florida: 10,629,845 ±2,325

$334,400 ±$9,582 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: $372,900 ±$6,234
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $396,900 ±$1,617

12.3% ±2.6% (17,275  ±3,687.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 12.4% 81,064 (±1.1% / ±7,410.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 13.3% 3,086,717 (±0.2% / ±56,358.2)

Social

92.2% ±4.9% (91,481  ±5,848.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 93.3% 461,917 (±2.4% / ±11,977)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 90.4% 15,337,477 (±0.4% / ±70,152)
27.7% ±3.4% (27,478  ±3,485.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 35.8% 177,031 (±1.5% / ±7,188.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 35.8% 6,082,851 (±0.3% / ±43,849)

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

16.8% ±2.6% (23,806  ±3,690) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 9.8% 64,556
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 23.1% 5,392,412

9.5% ±1.5% (10,260  ±1,643) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 11.1% 59,822 (±0.6% / ±3,355)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 7% 1,307,724 (±0.1% / ±20,537)
10,260 Total veterans ±1,643 8,584 Male ±1,578 1,676 Female ±925

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