Ocean Ridge vs South Palm Beach

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

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

South Palm Beach has the higher population (1,667 vs 1,461 in Ocean Ridge). Ocean Ridge has the higher median household income ($111,023 vs $79,583 in South Palm Beach). Ocean Ridge has the higher median home value ($1,059,000 vs $374,200 in South Palm Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Ocean Ridge	South Palm Beach
Population	1,461	1,667
Median age	64.7 yrs	68.1 yrs
Median household income	$111,023	$79,583
Median home value	$1,059,000	$374,200
Median gross rent	$1,987	$1,750
Housing units	1,577	1,988
Homeownership rate	83.5%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.1%	44.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocean Ridge	South Palm Beach
Population	1,579 → 1,461 (-7.5%)	1,296 → 1,667 (+28.6%)
Median household income	$101,750 → $111,023 (+9.1%)	$60,500 → $79,583 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$993,200 → $1,059,000 (+6.6%)	$262,300 → $374,200 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,467 → $1,987 (+35.4%)	$1,500 → $1,750 (+16.7%)

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

South Palm Beach

Population

1,2961,667

Median household income

$60,500$79,583

Median home value

$262,300$374,200

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocean Ridge	South Palm Beach
Under 5	3.6%	0.4%
5 to 17	3.6%	2.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	0.5%
25 to 34	3.6%	6.1%
35 to 44	3.4%	1.0%
45 to 54	6.2%	7.2%
55 to 64	24.8%	22.0%
65 to 74	24.9%	30.3%
75 and over	23.5%	30.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocean Ridge	South Palm Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	85.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocean Ridge	South Palm Beach
No high school diploma	2.5%	0.3%
High school graduate	5.1%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	44.7%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	32.3%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocean Ridge	South Palm Beach
Drove alone	66.4%	63.3%
Carpooled	5.0%	1.1%
Public transit	3.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.8%	29.4%
Other means	2.9%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ocean Ridge	South Palm Beach
1-unit, detached	40.5%	0.6%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	21.6%	10.1%
20 or more units	25.7%	88.2%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ocean Ridge	South Palm Beach
Poverty rate	7.0%	11.8%
Average household size	1.79	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	34	37
Median year structure built	1972	1975