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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 Oct 31, 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

2016 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryLabour force participation
244 Alva 53.2%
351 Anna Maria 36.5%
117 Apalachicola 63.0%
110 Apollo Beach 63.3%
82 Atlantic Beach 65.2%
325 Atlantis 43.0%
240 Aventura 53.5%
211 Bagdad 56.6%
228 Bal Harbour 55.1%
49 Baldwin 67.0%
128 Bay Harbor Islands 62.4%
217 Bay Pines 56.3%
320 Bayonet Point 43.6%
241 Bayshore Gardens 53.5%
184 Bell 58.4%
173 Belle Glade 58.9%
210 Belleair 56.7%
339 Belleair Beach 39.2%
247 Belleair Bluffs 52.8%
120 Bellview 62.8%
316 Beverly Hills 44.4%
133 Big Pine Key 62.1%
43 Biscayne Park 67.2%
41 Bloomingdale 67.2%
144 Boca Raton 61.0%
…
342 Hernando Beach 38.7%
203 Hialeah 57.2%
94 Hialeah Gardens 64.5%
360 Highland Beach 34.8%
237 Hilliard 53.8%
344 Hillsboro Beach 38.4%
251 Hobe Sound 52.7%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2016

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.