West Palm Beach, FL population, income and ZIP codes

West Palm Beach city is a mid-size city in Florida, with 119,508 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #18 of 955 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 40.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in West Palm Beach city earn a median of $69,261 a year, 11.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of the $68,617 median for the 775 Florida cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 14.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in West Palm Beach city is valued at $369,800, 21.9% above the national figure and 21% above the $305,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,709 a month, 21.6% above the national figure, or roughly $20,508 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 29.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 50.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.