Jensen Beach vs Palm City

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

Jensen Beach 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 12,456 in Jensen Beach). Palm City has the higher median household income ($117,689 vs $63,397 in Jensen Beach). Palm City has the higher median home value ($532,100 vs $363,100 in Jensen Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Jensen Beach	Palm City
Population	12,456	25,699
Median age	54.5 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,397	$117,689
Median home value	$363,100	$532,100
Median gross rent	$1,227	$1,965
Housing units	7,179	11,524
Homeownership rate	74.4%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	47.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jensen Beach	Palm City
Population	13,479 → 12,456 (-7.6%)	24,840 → 25,699 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$54,778 → $63,397 (+15.7%)	$84,711 → $117,689 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$232,600 → $363,100 (+56.1%)	$350,900 → $532,100 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$972 → $1,227 (+26.2%)	$1,614 → $1,965 (+21.7%)

Jensen Beach

Population

13,47912,456

Median household income

$54,778$63,397

Median home value

$232,600$363,100

Median gross rent

$972$1,227

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)

	Jensen Beach	Palm City
Under 5	2.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	11.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	3.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	4.9%
35 to 44	12.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	18.0%	14.6%
65 to 74	14.9%	12.7%
75 and over	16.5%	16.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jensen Beach	Palm City
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	83.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jensen Beach	Palm City
No high school diploma	6.6%	3.0%
High school graduate	26.2%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	25.6%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jensen Beach	Palm City
Drove alone	74.2%	72.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.7%
Public transit	0.7%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.2%	20.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jensen Beach	Palm City
1-unit, detached	59.6%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	12.3%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	6.1%
20 or more units	3.3%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Jensen Beach	Palm City
Poverty rate	17.2%	5.1%
Average household size	2.10	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1983	1993