Palm Beach vs Tequesta

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

Palm Beach and Tequesta 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 6,118 in Tequesta). Palm Beach has the higher median household income ($175,078 vs $103,036 in Tequesta). Palm Beach has the higher median home value ($1,996,700 vs $570,400 in Tequesta).

Population, income & housing

	Palm Beach	Tequesta
Population	9,234	6,118
Median age	69.7 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$175,078	$103,036
Median home value	$1,996,700	$570,400
Median gross rent	$1,849	$1,774
Housing units	10,450	3,350
Homeownership rate	82.7%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.4%	48.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palm Beach	Tequesta
Population	8,723 → 9,234 (+5.9%)	6,071 → 6,118 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$141,348 → $175,078 (+23.9%)	$78,429 → $103,036 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$1,177,100 → $1,996,700 (+69.6%)	$381,100 → $570,400 (+49.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,744 → $1,849 (+6.0%)	$1,481 → $1,774 (+19.8%)

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

Tequesta

Population

6,0716,118

Median household income

$78,429$103,036

Median home value

$381,100$570,400

Median gross rent

$1,481$1,774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palm Beach	Tequesta
Under 5	1.5%	8.4%
5 to 17	3.6%	11.9%
18 to 24	1.2%	2.8%
25 to 34	2.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	3.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	6.9%	8.6%
55 to 64	19.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	23.4%	12.7%
75 and over	38.7%	18.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palm Beach	Tequesta
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palm Beach	Tequesta
No high school diploma	2.6%	3.7%
High school graduate	10.8%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	35.5%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palm Beach	Tequesta
Drove alone	44.8%	61.4%
Carpooled	1.1%	3.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.3%
Walked	7.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	37.6%	32.3%
Other means	8.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palm Beach	Tequesta
1-unit, detached	26.3%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	21.2%
20 or more units	60.4%	19.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Palm Beach	Tequesta
Poverty rate	6.5%	5.1%
Average household size	1.69	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1971	1976