Belle Glade vs Palm Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Glade and Palm Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palm Springs has the higher population (26,871 vs 16,818 in Belle Glade). Palm Springs has the higher median household income ($59,602 vs $47,191 in Belle Glade). Palm Springs has the higher median home value ($234,500 vs $141,100 in Belle Glade).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Glade	Palm Springs
Population	16,818	26,871
Median age	34.7 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,191	$59,602
Median home value	$141,100	$234,500
Median gross rent	$875	$1,597
Housing units	6,216	9,822
Homeownership rate	39.5%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	12.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Glade	Palm Springs
Population	19,654 → 16,818 (-14.4%)	24,843 → 26,871 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$24,322 → $47,191 (+94.0%)	$44,162 → $59,602 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$113,400 → $141,100 (+24.4%)	$148,800 → $234,500 (+57.6%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $875 (+42.0%)	$1,186 → $1,597 (+34.7%)

Belle Glade

Population

19,65416,818

Median household income

$24,322$47,191

Median home value

$113,400$141,100

Median gross rent

$616$875

Palm Springs

Population

24,84326,871

Median household income

$44,162$59,602

Median home value

$148,800$234,500

Median gross rent

$1,186$1,597

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Glade	Palm Springs
Under 5	9.3%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.4%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	16.4%
45 to 54	14.7%	15.3%
55 to 64	10.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.0%
75 and over	6.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Glade	Palm Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	13.0%	17.5%
Black or African American	51.9%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	30.9%	64.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Glade	Palm Springs
No high school diploma	28.7%	25.9%
High school graduate	34.5%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Glade	Palm Springs
Drove alone	72.2%	74.3%
Carpooled	15.6%	15.3%
Public transit	6.3%	3.5%
Walked	1.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	5.6%
Other means	3.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Glade	Palm Springs
1-unit, detached	38.3%	31.0%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	12.4%
20 or more units	9.7%	24.9%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Belle Glade	Palm Springs
Poverty rate	28.4%	12.4%
Average household size	3.08	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1980	1978