Palm Bay

Population & Demographics

Palm Bay, FL

Palm Bay is home to 130,132 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 54,105 resident workers commute each day.

FloridaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
130,132
people
Population

130,132 residents

Median age 41.0 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Palm Bay population & demographics

Who lives in Palm Bay — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
130,132
Median age
41.0yrs
Median household income
$72,614
Median home value
$283,200
Median gross rent
$1,601/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
24.0%
Poverty rate
11.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Palm Bay

How Palm Bay breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White50.8%
Hispanic or Latino20.6%
Black18.5%
Two or more races6.8%
Asian2.2%
Some other race1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across Palm Bay

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Palm Bay.

Palm Bay at a glance
Employed Residents
54,105
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
8.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
19.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
11.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Melbourne
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Palm Bay proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Palm Bay commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

49 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Palm Bay

54,105 commutes, one dot at a time

Palm Bay

Where 54,105 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Palm Bay, by worker count.

1Melbourne8.9 mi12,219
2Palm Bay0.0 mi10,329
3West Melbourne6.3 mi2,875
4Rockledge23.8 mi2,372
5Orlando56.4 mi1,460
6Jacksonville171.7 mi785
7Tampa110.2 mi677
8Vero Beach28.6 mi470

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Palm Bay.

1Palm Bay0.0 mi10,329
2Melbourne8.9 mi4,106
3West Melbourne6.3 mi1,622
4Titusville42.9 mi1,304
5Merritt Island25.8 mi954
6Rockledge23.8 mi764
7Port St. John35.1 mi704
8Viera West18.7 mi640

Top industries

The sectors that employ Palm Bay’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
EDEducational Services31.8%
MFManufacturing13.0%
PAPublic Administration10.9%
RTRetail Trade9.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.2%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance5.9%
COConstruction5.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services2.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Palm Bay

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

5 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps99%
5 Gbps99%
8 Gbps39%
See all internet providers in Palm Bay

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).