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West Palm Beach, FL

127,733 Population
53.9 square miles 2,371.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 41.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Florida: 42.7 ±0.1

Economics

$50,743 ±$5,744 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $44,678 ±$544
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $43,582 ±$267
$74,478 ±$8,989 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $80,625 ±$777
  • a little less than the amount in Florida: $77,735 ±$564

13.1% ±4.3% (16,204  ±5,329) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 12.7% 810,781 (±0.4% / ±25,412)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 12.1% 2,758,614 (±0.3% / ±58,688)

25.7 minutes ±1.9 (1,469,915  ±167,683) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 30.2 84,082,856 (±0.3 / ±1,216,463)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 28.9 270,952,670 (±0.2 / ±2,105,094)

Families

55,868 ±3,228 Number of households
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,382,154 ±10,095
  • Florida: 9,141,675 ±28,885
2.2 ±0.1 (123,825  ±83) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2.7 6,368,721 (±0 / ±1,354)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 22,888,804

4.2% ±3.4% (1,293  ±1,039) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 4.7% 68,441 (±0.3% / ±4,730)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 4.7% 241,304 (±0.2% / ±10,582)

Housing

64,847 ±3,611 Number of housing units
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,714,779 ±657
  • Florida: 10,629,845 ±2,325

$480,700 ±$37,976 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $510,600 ±$6,110
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $396,900 ±$1,617

15.8% ±4.1% (20,153  ±5,154.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 12.2% 777,958 (±0.4% / ±27,683.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 13.3% 3,086,717 (±0.2% / ±56,358.2)

Social

88.9% ±5.8% (84,043  ±6,583.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 87.8% 4,104,057 (±0.8% / ±36,198.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 90.4% 15,337,477 (±0.4% / ±70,152)
38.8% ±4% (36,636  ±4,068) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 38.7% 1,808,284 (±0.5% / ±23,903.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 35.8% 6,082,851 (±0.3% / ±43,849)

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

31.7% ±4.9% (40,448  ±6,278) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 43.6% 2,812,880
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 23.1% 5,392,412

4.5% ±1.2% (4,581  ±1,270) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 3% 153,308 (±0.2% / ±8,134)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 7% 1,307,724 (±0.1% / ±20,537)
4,581 Total veterans ±1,270 4,210 Male ±1,209 371 Female ±408

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