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West Palm Beach, FL

117,253 Population
53.8 square miles 2,178.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 42 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Florida: 42.8 ±0.2

Economics

$37,930 ±$3,402 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: $36,965 ±$512
  • a little higher than the amount in Florida: $36,196 ±$290
$59,400 ±$7,706 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: $63,814 ±$803
  • a little less than the amount in Florida: $63,062 ±$425

15.9% ±3.3% (18,195  ±3,813) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 13.3% 802,934 (±0.5% / ±30,023)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 13.1% 2,805,433 (±0.2% / ±50,403)

23.5 minutes ±0.6 (1,207,360  ±53,291) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 29.6 79,076,250 (±0.2 / ±507,796)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Florida: 27.9 243,599,390 (±0.1 / ±923,372)

Families

50,409 ±3,049 Number of households
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,306,639 ±12,462
  • Florida: 8,565,329 ±25,039
2.3 ±0.1 (113,450  ±2,047) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 2.6 6,019,736 (±0 / ±6,340)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Florida: 2.5 21,368,668 (±0)

3.9% ±2.3% (1,035  ±620) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 4.5% 61,473 (±0.3% / ±4,574)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Florida: 4.5% 211,115 (±0.2% / ±9,316)

Housing

60,001 ±3,126 Number of housing units
  • the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 2,662,580 ±2,519
  • Florida: 10,054,509 ±692

$311,000 ±$21,705 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: $362,500 ±$2,862
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Florida: $290,700 ±$1,438

17.9% ±3.2% (20,864  ±3,774.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 12.5% 754,852 (±0.5% / ±27,334.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Florida: 14% 3,019,117 (±0.2% / ±50,808.7)

Social

87.2% ±4.8% (75,905  ±5,183.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 87% 3,829,100 (±0.8% / ±36,267.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Florida: 89.8% 14,153,579 (±0.5% / ±71,334.5)
38.9% ±3.5% (33,820  ±3,320.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 35.3% 1,553,750 (±0.5% / ±21,236.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Florida: 33.2% 5,226,846 (±0.3% / ±40,997.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

29.2% ±3.7% (34,281  ±4,306) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 41.5% 2,525,351 (±0.4% / ±25,937)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Florida: 21.2% 4,608,653 (±0.2% / ±44,472)

5% ±1.3% (4,803  ±1,263) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL Metro Area: 3.5% 170,272 (±0.1% / ±6,655)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Florida: 7.8% 1,356,882 (±0.1% / ±17,188)
4,803 Total veterans ±1,263 4,333 Male ±1,160 470 Female ±343

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