† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupWest Palm BeachFloridaUnited States
Italian6.4%5.6%4.8%
German6.3%8.9%12.5%
Irish6.3%8.2%9.4%
English5.0%8.2%9.5%
American4.9%7.7%5.3%
Polish2.6%2.1%2.2%
Russian2.0%——
French1.3%1.7%1.6%
African American†13.8%9.5%9.9%
Haitian11.1%2.3%0.3%
Jamaican4.3%1.5%0.4%
African1.8%0.5%0.5%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.5%0.2%—
Bahamian0.4%——
West Indian0.4%——
Cuban4.5%7.3%0.7%
Mexican3.5%3.3%11.3%
Puerto Rican3.3%5.6%1.8%
Guatemalan2.6%—0.5%
Colombian2.5%2.1%0.4%
Dominican1.2%1.3%0.7%
Honduran1.0%0.6%0.3%
Venezuelan1.0%1.6%—
Asian Indian0.8%0.9%1.4%
Chinese0.5%0.5%1.3%
Vietnamese0.5%0.4%0.6%
Filipino0.3%0.5%0.9%
Bangladeshi0.2%——
Maya0.7%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
West Palm Beach
Florida
United States
Median age
41.1
43.1
39.1
Age 18–24
8.5%
8.1%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
21.5%
21.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
West Palm Beach
Florida
United States
Median household income
$73,446
$74,568
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.2%
12.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.2%
34.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
West Palm Beach
Florida
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
31.3%
30.7%
22.3%
Spanish
19.7%
22.6%
13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)
5.8%
2.7%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
1.9%
1.9%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
West Palm Beach
Florida
United States
Catholic
—
19.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
18.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
West Palm Beach, Florida
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+39.1%
2008
+40.7%
2012
+37.4%
2016
+35.9%
2020
+33.3%
2024
+18.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
58.5%Harris29,072
40.1%Trump19,948
1.4%
D+18.4
R+15.0
D+19.8
49,718
D
66.2%Biden35,553
32.8%Trump17,637
1.0%
D+33.3
R+2.6
D+28.9
53,742
D
66.3%Clinton30,354
30.4%Trump13,911
3.3%
D+35.9
R+1.5
D+33.8
45,788
D
68.4%Obama28,536
31.0%Romney12,929
0.6%
D+37.4
R+3.2
D+33.6
41,720
D
70.0%Obama28,171
29.3%McCain11,802
0.7%
D+40.7
D+1.6
D+33.4
40,268
D
69.2%Kerry25,630
30.1%Bush11,157
0.7%
D+39.1
—
D+41.5
37,038
West Palm Beach anchors the densely developed eastern strip of Palm Beach County, where a majority-minority population and high renter share produce turnout patterns that diverge sharply from the county's wealthier inland precincts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 40.7 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 15.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.4 points.
A population of 122,290, a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,446 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Boynton Beach and Deerfield Beach.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, West Palm Beach, Florida voted Democratic by 18.4 points (D+18.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 49,718 votes cast, 29,072 went Democratic and 19,948 went Republican.
How many people live in West Palm Beach, Florida?
West Palm Beach, Florida has a population of 122,290 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in West Palm Beach, Florida?
Median household income in West Palm Beach, Florida is $73,446 — below the national median of $80,734. The Florida state median is $74,568.
What is the political history of West Palm Beach, Florida?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in West Palm Beach, Florida from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
