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West Palm Beach, FL

111,389 Population
54.8 square miles 2,031 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 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: 41.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 42.2 ±0.2

Economics

$32,878 ±$3,296 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $32,058 ±$416
  • a little higher than the amount in Florida: $31,359 ±$232
$53,046 ±$4,971 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $56,328 ±$732
  • a little less than the amount in Florida: $55,462 ±$384

15.4% ±3.3% (16,563  ±3,498) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 14% 854,920 (±0.5% / ±30,298)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 13.6% 2,840,977 (±0.2% / ±47,549)

22.6 minutes ±0.6 (1,138,490  ±42,897) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2018 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 29.5 79,944,965 (±0.1 / ±399,445)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 27.4 235,880,515 (±0.1 / ±848,057)

Families

41,161 ±2,913 Number of households
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,143,067 ±9,968
  • Florida: 7,809,358 ±20,825
2.6 ±0.2 (108,215  ±880) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2.9 6,115,412 (±0 / ±5,231)
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 2.7 20,868,964 (±0)

11.7% ±4.5% (3,075  ±1,210) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 4.9% 70,402 (±0.4% / ±5,412)
  • more than double the rate in Florida: 4.9% 230,832 (±0.2% / ±10,602)

Housing

50,593 ±3,405 Number of housing units
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,548,910 ±1,838
  • Florida: 9,547,762 ±598

$278,900 ±$16,860 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: $298,800 ±$3,086
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $230,600 ±$1,248

21.4% ±3.8% (23,170  ±4,133) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 13.1% 802,575 (±0.5% / ±31,658.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 15.3% 3,229,274 (±0.3% / ±56,186)

Social

87.2% ±4.5% (69,974  ±4,707.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 86.1% 3,826,159 (±0.8% / ±36,123.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Florida: 88.5% 13,540,393 (±0.4% / ±65,430.6)
33.9% ±3.1% (27,234  ±2,763.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 33.1% 1,469,682 (±0.5% / ±20,286)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 30.4% 4,647,230 (±0.2% / ±37,356.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

30.2% ±3.6% (33,670  ±3,987) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 41.2% 2,552,188 (±0.4% / ±26,637)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 21% 4,475,431 (±0.2% / ±45,732)

4.8% ±1.2% (4,428  ±1,133) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area: 4.1% 200,985 (±0.2% / ±7,223)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Florida: 8.5% 1,439,606 (±0.1% / ±21,503)
4,428 Total veterans ±1,133 4,188 Male ±1,095 240 Female ±193

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