Delray Beach vs Greenacres

A side-by-side comparison of Delray Beach and Greenacres: population, income, housing, and more.

Delray Beach and Greenacres are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Delray Beach has the higher population (66,940 vs 43,871 in Greenacres). Delray Beach has the higher median household income ($79,393 vs $62,917 in Greenacres). Delray Beach has the higher median home value ($386,700 vs $244,700 in Greenacres).

Population, income & housing

	Delray Beach	Greenacres
Population	66,940	43,871
Median age	51.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$79,393	$62,917
Median home value	$386,700	$244,700
Median gross rent	$1,914	$1,709
Housing units	36,997	17,605
Homeownership rate	65.0%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delray Beach	Greenacres
Population	68,217 → 66,940 (-1.9%)	40,529 → 43,871 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$60,746 → $79,393 (+30.7%)	$49,884 → $62,917 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$280,200 → $386,700 (+38.0%)	$162,600 → $244,700 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,580 → $1,914 (+21.1%)	$1,338 → $1,709 (+27.7%)

Delray Beach

Population

68,21766,940

Median household income

$60,746$79,393

Median home value

$280,200$386,700

Median gross rent

$1,580$1,914

Greenacres

Population

40,52943,871

Median household income

$49,884$62,917

Median home value

$162,600$244,700

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,709

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delray Beach	Greenacres
Under 5	4.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	8.3%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	17.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	14.4%	8.7%
75 and over	13.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delray Beach	Greenacres
White (non-Hispanic)	52.1%	22.7%
Black or African American	29.7%	27.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	43.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delray Beach	Greenacres
No high school diploma	11.3%	16.4%
High school graduate	22.4%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delray Beach	Greenacres
Drove alone	69.7%	80.3%
Carpooled	6.3%	10.3%
Public transit	2.8%	1.4%
Walked	1.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.2%	5.1%
Other means	2.1%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delray Beach	Greenacres
1-unit, detached	33.3%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	20.8%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	26.3%
20 or more units	22.7%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Delray Beach	Greenacres
Poverty rate	12.6%	16.1%
Average household size	2.26	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1983	1987