Greenacres vs Palm Beach Gardens

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

Greenacres 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.

Palm Beach Gardens has the higher population (59,751 vs 43,871 in Greenacres). Palm Beach Gardens has the higher median household income ($110,563 vs $62,917 in Greenacres). Palm Beach Gardens has the higher median home value ($554,300 vs $244,700 in Greenacres).

Population, income & housing

	Greenacres	Palm Beach Gardens
Population	43,871	59,751
Median age	38.0 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$110,563
Median home value	$244,700	$554,300
Median gross rent	$1,709	$2,269
Housing units	17,605	30,955
Homeownership rate	65.8%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenacres	Palm Beach Gardens
Population	40,529 → 43,871 (+8.2%)	56,219 → 59,751 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$49,884 → $62,917 (+26.1%)	$87,969 → $110,563 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $244,700 (+50.5%)	$378,500 → $554,300 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,709 (+27.7%)	$1,706 → $2,269 (+33.0%)

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

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)

	Greenacres	Palm Beach Gardens
Under 5	7.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.7%	13.3%
75 and over	8.0%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenacres	Palm Beach Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	22.7%	76.6%
Black or African American	27.5%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	43.3%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenacres	Palm Beach Gardens
No high school diploma	16.4%	3.1%
High school graduate	30.7%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenacres	Palm Beach Gardens
Drove alone	80.3%	69.9%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.8%
Public transit	1.4%	0.3%
Walked	0.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.1%	18.9%
Other means	2.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenacres	Palm Beach Gardens
1-unit, detached	32.2%	47.9%
1-unit, attached	20.8%	16.1%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	26.3%	15.2%
20 or more units	4.9%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Greenacres	Palm Beach Gardens
Poverty rate	16.1%	6.1%
Average household size	2.83	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1987	1995