Delray Beach vs Palm Beach Gardens

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

Delray Beach and Palm Beach Gardens 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 59,751 in Palm Beach Gardens). Palm Beach Gardens has the higher median household income ($110,563 vs $79,393 in Delray Beach). Palm Beach Gardens has the higher median home value ($554,300 vs $386,700 in Delray Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Delray Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
Population	66,940	59,751
Median age	51.8 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,393	$110,563
Median home value	$386,700	$554,300
Median gross rent	$1,914	$2,269
Housing units	36,997	30,955
Homeownership rate	65.0%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delray Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
Population	68,217 → 66,940 (-1.9%)	56,219 → 59,751 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$60,746 → $79,393 (+30.7%)	$87,969 → $110,563 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$280,200 → $386,700 (+38.0%)	$378,500 → $554,300 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,580 → $1,914 (+21.1%)	$1,706 → $2,269 (+33.0%)

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

Palm Beach Gardens

Population

56,21959,751

Median household income

$87,969$110,563

Median home value

$378,500$554,300

Median gross rent

$1,706$2,269

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Delray Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
Under 5	4.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	8.3%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	13.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	10.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	17.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	14.4%	13.3%
75 and over	13.6%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delray Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	52.1%	76.6%
Black or African American	29.7%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delray Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
No high school diploma	11.3%	3.1%
High school graduate	22.4%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delray Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
Drove alone	69.7%	69.9%
Carpooled	6.3%	7.8%
Public transit	2.8%	0.3%
Walked	1.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	17.2%	18.9%
Other means	2.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delray Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
1-unit, detached	33.3%	47.9%
1-unit, attached	13.4%	16.1%
2 to 4 units	13.3%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	15.2%
20 or more units	22.7%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Delray Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
Poverty rate	12.6%	6.1%
Average household size	2.26	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1983	1995