Palm Beach Gardens facts that may surprise you: Commute time, education, wealth, jobs
Home to The PGA Tour's Cognizant Classic golf tournament, formerly the Honda Classic, Palm Beach Gardens is Palm Beach County's largest city by land area, covering about 59 square miles.
It is home to an estimated 59,088 people, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2018-22 American Community Survey, the latest data available. Read on to learn more about this high-income city's people, how they make their living and more.
Commute times, average rent, other interesting facts
About 79% of residents are white, 9% Hispanic and 4% Black.
About 7.6% of residents are veterans.
Workers living in Palm Beach Gardens report that their commutes are about 24 minutes long, shorter than the state average of 28 minutes.
Half of renters said in Census surveys they paid $2,053 a month, compared with $1,525 across Florida in 2022, including utilities.
Income and poverty in Palm Beach Gardens
Half of the city's households earn at least $106,544, much higher than Florida's median of $69,303. Here's the breakdown.
About 8.1% of residents live in poverty. Here's the breakdown by age group.
Education levels, number of Palm Beach Gardens residents from foreign countries
About 56% of residents age 25 and older have college degrees, compared with 34% of across the state. Here's the breakdown of residents by education level.
How Palm Beach Gardens residents make their living
Most employed people in Palm Beach Gardens work for the private sector.
Here are the industries that residents work in.
Census estimates classify many workers as managers or in business, science and the arts.
About 73% of residents drive alone to work.
How many Palm Beach Gardens residents are in each age group?
Half of residents are at least 51 years old. And about 51% are age 50 or older. Here's a detailed population breakdown by age group.
What languages do Gardens residents speak?
In all, 85% of residents ages 5 and older speak English as their first language. Here are the others.
What share of residents are seniors?
In all, 31% of residents are age 65 or older. Here's the breakdown.
What share of Gardens residents are children?
About 18% of the population are children younger than age 18. Here's a breakdown by age group.
What are the families like?
Families here have an average of about 3 people, the Census Bureau estimates. The chart below shows what share of households have each type of family.
Where did residents move from?
An estimated average of 11% of residents moved here in the past year, Census surveys found. Here's where residents reported coming from.
What housing is like in the city
The Census Bureau estimates the homeownership rate is 74%. Statewide, 67% of homes are owned by the people living in them.
Here's a detailed breakdown of bedroom counts in homes across the city.
What share of the population has a disability?
About 14% of residents claim a disability. People can have more than one disability, so the sum of the numbers in the chart below may be more than the percent of residents claiming a disability. Here are the details.
Family and marital status
Here is the percent of men and women who are married, widowed, divorced, separated or never have been married.
Chris Persaud is The Palm Beach Post's data reporter. Send tips to cpersaud@pbpost.com
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