Delray Beach vs Jupiter

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

Delray Beach and Jupiter 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 61,097 in Jupiter). Jupiter has the higher median household income ($109,109 vs $79,393 in Delray Beach). Jupiter has the higher median home value ($555,500 vs $386,700 in Delray Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Delray Beach	Jupiter
Population	66,940	61,097
Median age	51.8 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$79,393	$109,109
Median home value	$386,700	$555,500
Median gross rent	$1,914	$2,176
Housing units	36,997	31,260
Homeownership rate	65.0%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	51.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delray Beach	Jupiter
Population	68,217 → 66,940 (-1.9%)	64,565 → 61,097 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$60,746 → $79,393 (+30.7%)	$86,027 → $109,109 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$280,200 → $386,700 (+38.0%)	$372,800 → $555,500 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,580 → $1,914 (+21.1%)	$1,644 → $2,176 (+32.4%)

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

Jupiter

Population

64,56561,097

Median household income

$86,027$109,109

Median home value

$372,800$555,500

Median gross rent

$1,644$2,176

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delray Beach	Jupiter
Under 5	4.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	8.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	17.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	14.4%	12.6%
75 and over	13.6%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delray Beach	Jupiter
White (non-Hispanic)	52.1%	75.7%
Black or African American	29.7%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.9%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	17.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delray Beach	Jupiter
No high school diploma	11.3%	6.2%
High school graduate	22.4%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delray Beach	Jupiter
Drove alone	69.7%	71.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	7.9%
Public transit	2.8%	0.4%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.7%
Worked from home	17.2%	15.9%
Other means	2.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delray Beach	Jupiter
1-unit, detached	33.3%	44.5%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	16.0%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	13.5%
20 or more units	22.7%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Delray Beach	Jupiter
Poverty rate	12.6%	8.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1983	1989