Population & Demographics
West Palm Beach, FL
West Palm Beach is home to 122,290 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 51,118 resident workers commute each day.
122,290 residents
Median age 41.1 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
West Palm Beach population & demographics
Who lives in West Palm Beach — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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 West Palm Beach
How West Palm Beach 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).
Race across West Palm Beach
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 West Palm Beach.
These figures are for West Palm Beach 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 West Palm Beach 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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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
West Palm Beach
51,118 commutes, one dot at a time
West Palm Beach
Where 51,118 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in West Palm Beach, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into West Palm Beach.
Top industries
The sectors that employ West Palm Beach’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%.
Internet options for West Palm Beach
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
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).