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West Palm Beach, FL
127,744 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 1276600 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, West Palm Beach ranked #292 of 340 cities and 10th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is West Palm Beach and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Pompano Beach FL, Pasadena TX, Miami Gardens FL, Killeen TX, Murfreesboro TN, Norman OK, Clearwater FL, Concord NC, Lakeland FL, Hollywood FL, Charleston SC, Fort Lauderdale FL, Denton TX · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #292 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #260 | #300 | #299 | #295 | #334 | #332 | #298 | #321 | #312 | #250 | #276 | #281 | #323 | #311 | #329 | #197 | #232 | #302 | #292 | #299 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 95,062 | 95,952 | 96,523 | 97,474 | 98,735 | 100,813 | 101,498 | 102,526 | 103,420 | 104,314 | 106,850 | 108,740 | 110,328 | 111,058 | 111,955 | 117,512 | 117,924 | 122,120 | 126,017 | 127,744 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #206 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | +1.1 | -0.5 | -0.8 | -0.2 | +0.2 | — | +0.4 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.6 | +0.6 | -0.0 | -0.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #183 of 271 cities with data · 6th of 11 in its peer group with data | 15.8 | 13.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 8.7 | 2.5 | 4.7 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 14.2 | 12.4 | 3.2 | 1.8 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #317 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 25.9% | 25.0% | 25.9% | 28.3% | 27.3% | 28.5% | 26.1% | 30.1% | 29.8% | 30.3% | 26.6% | 28.5% | 28.9% | 30.6% | 34.1% | — | 30.1% | 27.0% | 27.0% | 30.6% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #211 of 304 cities with data · 8th of 12 in its peer group with data | 23.1 | 17.7 | 12.4 | 18.5 | 19.2 | 18.8 | 13.8 | 16.6 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 20.6 | 9.2 | 22.7 | 24.3 | 15.2 | 15.3 | 16.1 | 21.3 | 11.1 | 8.6 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #178 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 9 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 134.9 | 83.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 78,939 | 76,415 | 78,481 | 76,135 | 70,445 | 69,769 | 74,884 | 72,250 | 72,054 | 76,966 | 85,665 | 87,658 | 88,170 | 90,361 | 89,006 | 87,921 | 89,121 | 93,787 | 95,634 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #269 of 329 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.8 | -4.3 | +0.1 | +1.8 | -4.1 | -1.0 | +0.6 | -2.9 | -2.6 | +3.9 | +7.0 | -0.3 | -0.8 | +1.1 | -2.9 | +2.9 | +0.3 | -0.9 | -1.7 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 49,092 | 48,270 | 50,914 | 50,906 | 51,060 | 54,482 | 53,627 | 55,524 | 53,711 | — | 57,489 | 62,842 | 68,199 | 66,352 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #201 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.8% | 10.7% | 8.2% | 9.4% | 9.1% | 8.1% | 8.4% | 6.7% | 7.1% | — | 5.6% | 5.5% | 4.0% | 5.3% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #271 of 314 cities with data · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 27% | 22% | 17% | 22% | 15% | 15% | 13% | -8% | -3% | -4% | 0% | 1% | 3% | 3% | -21% | -10% | -17% | -22% | -8% | -0% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #227 of 314 cities with data · 9th of 14 in its peer group | $4,516 | $4,179 | $4,271 | $5,795 | $7,161 | $6,711 | $6,275 | $5,830 | $5,488 | $5,171 | $4,991 | $4,646 | $5,244 | $5,589 | $5,363 | $6,145 | $5,877 | $4,993 | $4,385 | $3,994 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for West Palm Beach. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.