Duval County vs Palm Beach County

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

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

Palm Beach County has the higher population (1,507,453 vs 1,007,189 in Duval County). Palm Beach County has the higher median household income ($81,115 vs $68,447 in Duval County). Palm Beach County has the higher median home value ($407,300 vs $274,900 in Duval County).

Population, income & housing

	Duval County	Palm Beach County
Population	1,007,189	1,507,453
Median age	36.7 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,447	$81,115
Median home value	$274,900	$407,300
Median gross rent	$1,385	$1,818
Housing units	445,946	713,855
Homeownership rate	58.1%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duval County	Palm Beach County
Population	936,186 → 1,007,189 (+7.6%)	1,465,027 → 1,507,453 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$55,807 → $68,447 (+22.6%)	$63,299 → $81,115 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$180,700 → $274,900 (+52.1%)	$283,600 → $407,300 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,074 → $1,385 (+29.0%)	$1,398 → $1,818 (+30.0%)

Duval County

Population

936,1861,007,189

Median household income

$55,807$68,447

Median home value

$180,700$274,900

Median gross rent

$1,074$1,385

Palm Beach County

Population

1,465,0271,507,453

Median household income

$63,299$81,115

Median home value

$283,600$407,300

Median gross rent

$1,398$1,818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duval County	Palm Beach County
Under 5	6.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	16.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.0%
75 and over	5.8%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duval County	Palm Beach County
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	50.8%
Black or African American	28.5%	18.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.8%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.8%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duval County	Palm Beach County
No high school diploma	9.0%	10.9%
High school graduate	27.7%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duval County	Palm Beach County
Drove alone	72.5%	71.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	9.6%
Public transit	1.2%	1.4%
Walked	1.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	13.9%	13.8%
Other means	1.9%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duval County	Palm Beach County
1-unit, detached	59.7%	45.7%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	11.3%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	12.2%
20 or more units	11.4%	19.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Duval County	Palm Beach County
Poverty rate	14.6%	11.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1986	1986