Greenacres vs Lake Worth Beach

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

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

Greenacres has the higher population (43,871 vs 42,650 in Lake Worth Beach). Greenacres has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $60,978 in Lake Worth Beach). Lake Worth Beach has the higher median home value ($329,300 vs $244,700 in Greenacres).

Population, income & housing

	Greenacres	Lake Worth Beach
Population	43,871	42,650
Median age	38.0 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$60,978
Median home value	$244,700	$329,300
Median gross rent	$1,709	$1,439
Housing units	17,605	17,742
Homeownership rate	65.8%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenacres	Lake Worth Beach
Population	40,529 → 43,871 (+8.2%)	38,254 → 42,650 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$49,884 → $62,917 (+26.1%)	$41,997 → $60,978 (+45.2%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $244,700 (+50.5%)	$223,300 → $329,300 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,709 (+27.7%)	$1,139 → $1,439 (+26.3%)

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

Lake Worth Beach

Population

38,25442,650

Median household income

$41,997$60,978

Median home value

$223,300$329,300

Median gross rent

$1,139$1,439

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenacres	Lake Worth Beach
Under 5	7.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.4%
75 and over	8.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenacres	Lake Worth Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	22.7%	29.7%
Black or African American	27.5%	18.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	43.3%	48.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenacres	Lake Worth Beach
No high school diploma	16.4%	26.8%
High school graduate	30.7%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenacres	Lake Worth Beach
Drove alone	80.3%	61.9%
Carpooled	10.3%	19.2%
Public transit	1.4%	3.9%
Walked	0.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.9%
Worked from home	5.1%	7.0%
Other means	2.4%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenacres	Lake Worth Beach
1-unit, detached	32.2%	46.8%
1-unit, attached	20.8%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	26.3%	16.9%
20 or more units	4.9%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenacres	Lake Worth Beach
Poverty rate	16.1%	20.8%
Average household size	2.83	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1987	1968