Lake Worth Beach vs Palm Beach Gardens

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

Lake Worth 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.

Palm Beach Gardens has the higher population (59,751 vs 42,650 in Lake Worth Beach). Palm Beach Gardens has the higher median household income ($110,563 vs $60,978 in Lake Worth Beach). Palm Beach Gardens has the higher median home value ($554,300 vs $329,300 in Lake Worth Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Worth Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
Population	42,650	59,751
Median age	37.4 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,978	$110,563
Median home value	$329,300	$554,300
Median gross rent	$1,439	$2,269
Housing units	17,742	30,955
Homeownership rate	45.6%	73.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Worth Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
Population	38,254 → 42,650 (+11.5%)	56,219 → 59,751 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$41,997 → $60,978 (+45.2%)	$87,969 → $110,563 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$223,300 → $329,300 (+47.5%)	$378,500 → $554,300 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,139 → $1,439 (+26.3%)	$1,706 → $2,269 (+33.0%)

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

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)

	Lake Worth Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
Under 5	5.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.2%	13.2%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	13.3%
75 and over	6.7%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Worth Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	29.7%	76.6%
Black or African American	18.3%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	1.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	48.0%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Worth Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
No high school diploma	26.8%	3.1%
High school graduate	23.0%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	32.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Worth Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
Drove alone	61.9%	69.9%
Carpooled	19.2%	7.8%
Public transit	3.9%	0.3%
Walked	2.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.6%
Worked from home	7.0%	18.9%
Other means	5.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Worth Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
1-unit, detached	46.8%	47.9%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	16.1%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	15.2%
20 or more units	12.7%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake Worth Beach	Palm Beach Gardens
Poverty rate	20.8%	6.1%
Average household size	2.74	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1968	1995