Ocean Ridge vs Palm Beach Shores

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

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

Ocean Ridge has the higher population (1,461 vs 1,290 in Palm Beach Shores). Ocean Ridge has the higher median household income ($111,023 vs $82,083 in Palm Beach Shores). Ocean Ridge has the higher median home value ($1,059,000 vs $657,200 in Palm Beach Shores).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Ridge	Palm Beach Shores
Population	1,461	1,290
Median age	64.7 yrs	60.6 yrs
Median household income	$111,023	$82,083
Median home value	$1,059,000	$657,200
Median gross rent	$1,987	$1,822
Housing units	1,577	1,199
Homeownership rate	83.5%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.1%	51.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Ridge	Palm Beach Shores
Population	1,579 → 1,461 (-7.5%)	1,136 → 1,290 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$101,750 → $111,023 (+9.1%)	$74,417 → $82,083 (+10.3%)
Median home value	$993,200 → $1,059,000 (+6.6%)	$523,900 → $657,200 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,467 → $1,987 (+35.4%)	$1,344 → $1,822 (+35.6%)

Ocean Ridge

Population

1,5791,461

Median household income

$101,750$111,023

Median home value

$993,200$1,059,000

Median gross rent

$1,467$1,987

Palm Beach Shores

Population

1,1361,290

Median household income

$74,417$82,083

Median home value

$523,900$657,200

Median gross rent

$1,344$1,822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocean Ridge	Palm Beach Shores
Under 5	3.6%	0.4%
5 to 17	3.6%	3.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	3.6%	6.0%
35 to 44	3.4%	4.5%
45 to 54	6.2%	13.7%
55 to 64	24.8%	25.3%
65 to 74	24.9%	20.4%
75 and over	23.5%	20.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Ridge	Palm Beach Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Ridge	Palm Beach Shores
No high school diploma	2.5%	7.0%
High school graduate	5.1%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	44.7%	34.8%
Graduate or professional degree	32.3%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Ridge	Palm Beach Shores
Drove alone	66.4%	64.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.8%
Public transit	3.9%	0.9%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	20.8%	19.4%
Other means	2.9%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Ridge	Palm Beach Shores
1-unit, detached	40.5%	33.4%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	21.6%	27.9%
20 or more units	25.7%	30.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ocean Ridge	Palm Beach Shores
Poverty rate	7.0%	5.6%
Average household size	1.79	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1972	1966