Lake Worth Beach vs Palm Springs

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

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

Lake Worth Beach has the higher population (42,650 vs 26,871 in Palm Springs). Lake Worth Beach has the higher median household income ($60,978 vs $59,602 in Palm Springs). Lake Worth Beach has the higher median home value ($329,300 vs $234,500 in Palm Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Worth Beach	Palm Springs
Population	42,650	26,871
Median age	37.4 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,978	$59,602
Median home value	$329,300	$234,500
Median gross rent	$1,439	$1,597
Housing units	17,742	9,822
Homeownership rate	45.6%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Worth Beach	Palm Springs
Population	38,254 → 42,650 (+11.5%)	24,843 → 26,871 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$41,997 → $60,978 (+45.2%)	$44,162 → $59,602 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$223,300 → $329,300 (+47.5%)	$148,800 → $234,500 (+57.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,139 → $1,439 (+26.3%)	$1,186 → $1,597 (+34.7%)

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 Springs

Population

24,84326,871

Median household income

$44,162$59,602

Median home value

$148,800$234,500

Median gross rent

$1,186$1,597

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Worth Beach	Palm Springs
Under 5	5.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.2%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	15.1%	16.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	15.3%
55 to 64	10.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.0%
75 and over	6.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Worth Beach	Palm Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	29.7%	17.5%
Black or African American	18.3%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	48.0%	64.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Worth Beach	Palm Springs
No high school diploma	26.8%	25.9%
High school graduate	23.0%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Worth Beach	Palm Springs
Drove alone	61.9%	74.3%
Carpooled	19.2%	15.3%
Public transit	3.9%	3.5%
Walked	2.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	5.6%
Other means	5.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Worth Beach	Palm Springs
1-unit, detached	46.8%	31.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	13.0%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	16.9%	12.4%
20 or more units	12.7%	24.9%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Lake Worth Beach	Palm Springs
Poverty rate	20.8%	12.4%
Average household size	2.74	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1968	1978