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West Palm Beach, FL

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL
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West Palm Beach, FL

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL
gross metro product
$77.9B
population
1.5M
median household income
$63,174
median home price
$349,000
cost of living
14% above nat'l avg
college attainment
36.2%
net migration
6,080 (year: 2018)
unemployment
3.5%
major industries
Tourism, Technology
job growth
1.8% (year: 2018)
As of October 2019
Located on the eastern shore of the Florida Panhandle, West Palm Beach is a resort and tourist-oriented city with a burgeoning technology industry. The cultural heritage and arts scene within the city are represented in many facilities like the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, the Norton Museum of Art as well as several venues for the performing arts. Festivals and shows hosted by West Palm Beach include the Palm Beach International Film Festival, the Palm Beach Boat Show, the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car
Auction, the National Horse show, America's oldest horse show and Sunfest, which brings a hundreds of thousands of attendees yearly.
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On forbes lists
#147
In Cost of Doing Business
#27
In Job Growth
#52
In Education
By The Numbers
EmploymentHousingEducationQuality of Life
Job Growth
1.8% (year: 2018)
Projected Annual Job Growth
1.3%
Unemployment
3.5%
Median Household Income
$63,174
Household Income Growth
3.6%
High-Tech Employment
1.7%
  • Data is for the metro area
  • Sources: Moody's Analytics; Sperling's BestPlaces; U.S. Census.
  • Numbers as of October 2019


  • a - Value of 100 means that a family with the median income has exactly enough income to qualify for a typical mortgage on a median-priced single-family home. An index above 100 signifies that the family has surplus income.
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