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Palm Bay, FL

135,570 Population
86.7 square miles 1,564 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 46.6 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 42.8 ±0.2

Economics

$35,113 ±$2,947 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: $42,658 ±$1,650
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $41,902 ±$290
$67,928 ±$8,125 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: $78,575 ±$3,530
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $73,311 ±$577

11% ±2.9% (14,744  ±3,834) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 10.1% † 63,854 (±1.4% / ±9,003)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 12.3% 2,729,519 (±0.3% / ±62,129)

27.2 minutes ±1.1 (1,333,290  ±69,929) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • a little higher than the figure in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 25.6 6,097,455 (±0.4 / ±133,472)
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 27.9 243,090,270 (±0.1 / ±907,292)

Families

50,448 ±2,399 Number of households
  • the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 258,656 ±4,289
  • Florida: 8,966,402 ±20,449
2.7 ±0.1 (134,176  ±77) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 2.5 633,851 (±0 / ±406)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Florida: 2.5 † 22,130,724 (±62 / ±-555,555,600)

3.1% ±1.7% (955  ±543) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 4.4% † 5,620 (±1.2% / ±1,524)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 5.1% 250,538 (±0.2% / ±9,935)

Housing

54,038 ±2,333 Number of housing units
  • the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 304,028 ±202
  • Florida: 10,451,823 ±503

$300,600 ±$13,670 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: $356,600 ±$6,847
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Florida: $381,000 ±$1,579

11.8% ±3% (15,731  ±4,056.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 11.9% † 76,086 (±1.3% / ±8,324.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 13.6% 3,054,132 (±0.3% / ±54,986.7)

Social

91.1% ±5% (91,305  ±6,026.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 93.9% 454,187 (±2.5% / ±12,101.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 90.3% 14,820,362 (±0.4% / ±72,529.6)
21.7% ±2.7% (21,711  ±2,836.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 33% 159,646 (±1.4% / ±6,858.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 34.9% 5,733,894 (±0.3% / ±43,651)

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

17.1% ±3.4% (23,118  ±4,539) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 9.8% † 62,837 (±8,417.8% / ±6,317)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 22.1% † 4,996,874 (±543% / ±46,951)

10.9% ±2% (11,982  ±2,177) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metro Area: 12.6% 66,409 (±0.7% / ±3,549)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Florida: 7.3% 1,327,057 (±0.1% / ±21,583)
11,982 Total veterans ±2,177 10,192 Male ±1,823 1,790 Female ±960

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