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Economy & jobs Statistics · City estimate

Labour force participation in Highland Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 380 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 3, 2026

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2013 – 2024

Labour force participation, 2013 – 2024 percent · Highland Beach · Palm Beach County · Florida · United States · World
−4.7 pp since 2014
Highland Beach Palm Beach County Florida United States World

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2013 – 2024

Compared with Labour force participation · percent
Highland Beach
28.9%
Florida
59.8%
World
61.0% · 2025

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Highland Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 28.9% · 2024
First value 32.5% · 2013
Highest 37.9% · 2019
Lowest 28.9% · 2024
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearHighland BeachChange Palm Beach CountyFloridaUnited StatesWorld
2024estimate 28.9% −2.1 pp 59.6% 59.8% 63.5% 61.1%
2023estimate 31.0% +1.8 pp 59.7% 59.6% 63.5% 61.2%
2022estimate 29.2% −2.0 pp 59.5% 59.4% 63.5% 60.7%
2021estimate 31.2% −1.8 pp 59.8% 59.4% 63.6% 60.4%
2020estimate 33.0% −4.9 pp 59.3% 58.9% — 59.6%
2019estimate 37.9% +0.5 pp 59.8% 58.8% — 61.0%
2018estimate 37.4% +0.9 pp 59.8% 58.7% — 61.2%
2017estimate 36.4% +1.7 pp 59.9% 58.7% — 61.3%
2016estimate 34.8% +0.0 pp 60.0% 58.8% — 61.5%
2015estimate 34.8% +1.2 pp 60.0% 59.2% — 61.6%
2014estimate 33.6% +1.2 pp 60.2% 59.5% — 61.8%
2013estimate 32.5% 60.4% 60.1% — 62.0%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2013 – 2024

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
275 Alva 51.0%
341 Anna Maria 40.1%
118 Apalachicola 63.4%
105 Apollo Beach 64.5%
86 Atlantic Beach 65.6%
331 Atlantis 42.9%
243 Aventura 53.4%
255 Bagdad 52.6%
282 Bal Harbour 49.7%
141 Baldwin 61.9%
116 Bay Harbor Islands 63.6%
251 Bay Pines 52.9%
330 Bayonet Point 43.1%
224 Bayshore Gardens 55.9%
107 Bell 64.4%
155 Belle Glade 61.0%
216 Belleair 56.4%
328 Belleair Beach 43.4%
316 Belleair Bluffs 45.9%
117 Bellview 63.5%
329 Beverly Hills 43.4%
167 Big Pine Key 60.2%
66 Biscayne Park 66.6%
44 Bloomingdale 68.3%
137 Boca Raton 62.2%
…
311 Hernando Beach 47.0%
189 Hialeah 58.3%
119 Hialeah Gardens 63.4%
369 Highland Beach 33.6%
202 Hilliard 57.4%
357 Hillsboro Beach 37.1%
258 Hobe Sound 52.4%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2014

What it means

The share of adults who work or are looking for work.

How it is calculated

Employed plus unemployed people aged 15 and over (16 in the US) divided by the population of that age.