Palm Valley vs World Golf Village

A side-by-side comparison of Palm Valley and World Golf Village: population, income, housing, and more.

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

World Golf Village has the higher population (24,485 vs 19,775 in Palm Valley). Palm Valley has the higher median household income ($118,280 vs $109,731 in World Golf Village). Palm Valley has the higher median home value ($646,200 vs $447,900 in World Golf Village).

Population, income & housing

	Palm Valley	World Golf Village
Population	19,775	24,485
Median age	49.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$118,280	$109,731
Median home value	$646,200	$447,900
Median gross rent	$1,804	$1,946
Housing units	9,710	9,692
Homeownership rate	79.3%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.1%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palm Valley	World Golf Village
Population	21,292 → 19,775 (-7.1%)	18,327 → 24,485 (+33.6%)
Median household income	$109,000 → $118,280 (+8.5%)	$91,875 → $109,731 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$476,800 → $646,200 (+35.5%)	$273,500 → $447,900 (+63.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,397 → $1,804 (+29.1%)	$1,705 → $1,946 (+14.1%)

Palm Valley

Population

21,29219,775

Median household income

$109,000$118,280

Median home value

$476,800$646,200

Median gross rent

$1,397$1,804

World Golf Village

Population

18,32724,485

Median household income

$91,875$109,731

Median home value

$273,500$447,900

Median gross rent

$1,705$1,946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palm Valley	World Golf Village
Under 5	2.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	18.6%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	8.3%
35 to 44	9.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	17.1%	9.1%
65 to 74	16.2%	12.3%
75 and over	10.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palm Valley	World Golf Village
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	74.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.7%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palm Valley	World Golf Village
No high school diploma	2.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	10.2%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	43.5%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.6%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palm Valley	World Golf Village
Drove alone	69.2%	67.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.1%	23.3%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palm Valley	World Golf Village
1-unit, detached	61.8%	88.1%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	5.3%
20 or more units	5.2%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Palm Valley	World Golf Village
Poverty rate	4.1%	6.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1991	2009