Orange County vs Palm Beach County

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

Orange 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 1,440,471 in Orange County). Palm Beach County has the higher median household income ($81,115 vs $77,011 in Orange County). Palm Beach County has the higher median home value ($407,300 vs $358,300 in Orange County).

Population, income & housing

	Orange County	Palm Beach County
Population	1,440,471	1,507,453
Median age	36.4 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,011	$81,115
Median home value	$358,300	$407,300
Median gross rent	$1,675	$1,818
Housing units	576,450	713,855
Homeownership rate	57.4%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orange County	Palm Beach County
Population	1,349,746 → 1,440,471 (+6.7%)	1,465,027 → 1,507,453 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$58,254 → $77,011 (+32.2%)	$63,299 → $81,115 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$235,800 → $358,300 (+52.0%)	$283,600 → $407,300 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,215 → $1,675 (+37.9%)	$1,398 → $1,818 (+30.0%)

Orange County

Population

1,349,7461,440,471

Median household income

$58,254$77,011

Median home value

$235,800$358,300

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,675

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)

	Orange County	Palm Beach County
Under 5	5.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	16.1%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.5%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	12.0%
75 and over	5.0%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orange County	Palm Beach County
White (non-Hispanic)	36.8%	50.8%
Black or African American	19.3%	18.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.2%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	33.2%	23.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orange County	Palm Beach County
No high school diploma	10.0%	10.9%
High school graduate	23.8%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orange County	Palm Beach County
Drove alone	69.9%	71.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.6%
Public transit	1.5%	1.4%
Walked	1.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.9%	13.8%
Other means	1.9%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orange County	Palm Beach County
1-unit, detached	54.3%	45.7%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	11.3%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	12.2%
20 or more units	14.2%	19.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Orange County	Palm Beach County
Poverty rate	13.0%	11.1%
Average household size	2.76	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1993	1986