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West Palm Beach, FL

111,952 Population
53.8 square miles 2,080.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 42.4 ±0.1

Economics

$31,400 ±$2,946 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: $33,917 ±$384
  • a little less than the amount in Florida: $32,887 ±$191
$51,089 ±$4,971 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: $60,141 ±$680
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Florida: $59,227 ±$443

16% ±4.9% (17,263  ±5,312) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 13.5% 821,703 (±0.5% / ±30,662)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 12.7% 2,664,772 (±0.3% / ±55,731)

25.4 minutes ±2.4 (1,259,955  ±143,065) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 30.3 86,156,810 (±0.3 / ±1,148,962)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 28.4 260,781,540 (±0.1 / ±1,614,208)

Families

41,678 ±2,707 Number of households
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,187,192 ±11,717
  • Florida: 7,905,832 ±23,042
2.6 ±0.2 (108,578  ±1,098) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 2.8 6,085,899 (±0 / ±5,437)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 2.7 21,047,762 (±0)

4.9% ±2.3% (1,453  ±707) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 4% 56,835 (±0.3% / ±4,719)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 4.4% 205,856 (±0.2% / ±9,243)

Housing

52,996 ±3,058 Number of housing units
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,562,497 ±1,957
  • Florida: 9,674,053 ±581

$267,800 ±$14,856 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: $315,400 ±$3,009
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $245,100 ±$1,183

18.3% ±3.4% (20,114  ±3,690) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 13% 794,655 (±0.5% / ±30,122.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 15% 3,186,224 (±0.3% / ±55,673.1)

Social

85.8% ±4.1% (66,400  ±4,554.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 85.3% 3,783,873 (±0.8% / ±36,935.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 88.4% 13,689,867 (±0.5% / ±70,596.4)
32.9% ±3.2% (25,484  ±2,734.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 33.1% 1,469,095 (±0.5% / ±22,955)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 30.7% 4,753,637 (±0.3% / ±39,064.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

26.1% ±3.5% (29,191  ±3,864) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 41.6% 2,563,490 (±0.4% / ±27,174)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 21.1% 4,526,428 (±0.2% / ±45,671)

6.1% ±1.2% (5,402  ±1,093) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 3.9% 190,420 (±0.1% / ±5,670)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Florida: 8.2% 1,402,264 (±0.1% / ±19,770)
5,402 Total veterans ±1,093 4,933 Male ±1,048 469 Female ±367

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