Pahokee vs Palm Beach

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

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

Palm Beach has the higher population (9,234 vs 5,539 in Pahokee). Palm Beach has the higher median household income ($175,078 vs $50,464 in Pahokee). Palm Beach has the higher median home value ($1,996,700 vs $137,500 in Pahokee).

Population, income & housing

	Pahokee	Palm Beach
Population	5,539	9,234
Median age	40.5 yrs	69.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,464	$175,078
Median home value	$137,500	$1,996,700
Median gross rent	$912	$1,849
Housing units	1,646	10,450
Homeownership rate	58.7%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	68.4%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pahokee	Palm Beach
Population	6,269 → 5,539 (-11.6%)	8,723 → 9,234 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$27,095 → $50,464 (+86.2%)	$141,348 → $175,078 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$97,000 → $137,500 (+41.8%)	$1,177,100 → $1,996,700 (+69.6%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $912 (+60.8%)	$1,744 → $1,849 (+6.0%)

Pahokee

Population

6,2695,539

Median household income

$27,095$50,464

Median home value

$97,000$137,500

Median gross rent

$567$912

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)

	Pahokee	Palm Beach
Under 5	10.3%	1.5%
5 to 17	12.3%	3.6%
18 to 24	10.1%	1.2%
25 to 34	12.9%	2.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	3.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	6.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	19.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	23.4%
75 and over	6.6%	38.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pahokee	Palm Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	13.5%	90.2%
Black or African American	51.7%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	33.4%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pahokee	Palm Beach
No high school diploma	30.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	29.7%	10.8%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	35.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pahokee	Palm Beach
Drove alone	68.8%	44.8%
Carpooled	13.3%	1.1%
Public transit	6.4%	1.1%
Walked	6.7%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	37.6%
Other means	3.1%	8.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pahokee	Palm Beach
1-unit, detached	53.6%	26.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	7.0%
20 or more units	6.9%	60.4%
Mobile home & other	20.7%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Pahokee	Palm Beach
Poverty rate	27.4%	6.5%
Average household size	3.46	1.69
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1969	1971