North Palm Beach vs Palm Beach

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

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

North Palm Beach has the higher population (13,089 vs 9,234 in Palm Beach). Palm Beach has the higher median household income ($175,078 vs $91,042 in North Palm Beach). Palm Beach has the higher median home value ($1,996,700 vs $456,700 in North Palm Beach).

Population, income & housing

	North Palm Beach	Palm Beach
Population	13,089	9,234
Median age	56.0 yrs	69.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,042	$175,078
Median home value	$456,700	$1,996,700
Median gross rent	$1,929	$1,849
Housing units	8,435	10,450
Homeownership rate	77.4%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.3%	68.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Palm Beach	Palm Beach
Population	13,029 → 13,089 (+0.5%)	8,723 → 9,234 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$72,027 → $91,042 (+26.4%)	$141,348 → $175,078 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$328,100 → $456,700 (+39.2%)	$1,177,100 → $1,996,700 (+69.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,526 → $1,929 (+26.4%)	$1,744 → $1,849 (+6.0%)

North Palm Beach

Population

13,02913,089

Median household income

$72,027$91,042

Median home value

$328,100$456,700

Median gross rent

$1,526$1,929

Palm Beach

Population

8,7239,234

Median household income

$141,348$175,078

Median home value

$1,177,100$1,996,700

Median gross rent

$1,744$1,849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Palm Beach	Palm Beach
Under 5	2.9%	1.5%
5 to 17	10.4%	3.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	1.2%
25 to 34	8.7%	2.7%
35 to 44	9.2%	3.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	6.9%
55 to 64	19.0%	19.0%
65 to 74	15.6%	23.4%
75 and over	17.0%	38.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Palm Beach	Palm Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	90.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Palm Beach	Palm Beach
No high school diploma	3.3%	2.6%
High school graduate	21.0%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	35.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Palm Beach	Palm Beach
Drove alone	72.0%	44.8%
Carpooled	5.0%	1.1%
Public transit	0.2%	1.1%
Walked	1.9%	7.2%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.8%	37.6%
Other means	2.0%	8.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Palm Beach	Palm Beach
1-unit, detached	32.2%	26.3%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	45.8%	60.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	North Palm Beach	Palm Beach
Poverty rate	6.0%	6.5%
Average household size	2.03	1.69
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1972	1971