Hobe Sound vs Palm City

A side-by-side comparison of Hobe Sound and Palm City: population, income, housing, and more.

Hobe Sound and Palm City are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Palm City has the higher population (25,699 vs 14,313 in Hobe Sound). Palm City has the higher median household income ($117,689 vs $63,233 in Hobe Sound). Palm City has the higher median home value ($532,100 vs $323,700 in Hobe Sound).

Population, income & housing

	Hobe Sound	Palm City
Population	14,313	25,699
Median age	55.6 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,233	$117,689
Median home value	$323,700	$532,100
Median gross rent	$1,184	$1,965
Housing units	7,671	11,524
Homeownership rate	77.2%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hobe Sound	Palm City
Population	14,003 → 14,313 (+2.2%)	24,840 → 25,699 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$50,030 → $63,233 (+26.4%)	$84,711 → $117,689 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $323,700 (+56.9%)	$350,900 → $532,100 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,012 → $1,184 (+17.0%)	$1,614 → $1,965 (+21.7%)

Hobe Sound

Population

14,00314,313

Median household income

$50,030$63,233

Median home value

$206,300$323,700

Median gross rent

$1,012$1,184

Palm City

Population

24,84025,699

Median household income

$84,711$117,689

Median home value

$350,900$532,100

Median gross rent

$1,614$1,965

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hobe Sound	Palm City
Under 5	6.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	9.2%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	7.1%	4.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	19.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	17.1%	12.7%
75 and over	14.9%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hobe Sound	Palm City
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	83.0%
Black or African American	7.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hobe Sound	Palm City
No high school diploma	8.2%	3.0%
High school graduate	25.5%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hobe Sound	Palm City
Drove alone	67.5%	72.6%
Carpooled	12.6%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	20.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hobe Sound	Palm City
1-unit, detached	47.4%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	6.1%
20 or more units	0.5%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	29.1%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Hobe Sound	Palm City
Poverty rate	13.0%	5.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1983	1993