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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in Palm Bay

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 289 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 6, 2026
Education & commute · Palm Bay Brevard County Florida United States

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

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Latest value · 2024 24.0% +1.4 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 289 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +7.1 pp
vs Brevard County −10.2 pp Brevard County: 34.2% · 2024
Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · Palm Bay · Brevard County · Florida · United States
+7.1 pp since 2014
Palm Bay Brevard County Florida United States

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

Compared with Bachelor's degree or higher · percent
Palm Bay
24.0%
Brevard County
34.2%
Florida
34.1%
United States
35.7%

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

The series at a glance Palm Bay · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 24.0% · 2024
First value 17.1% · 2013
Highest 24.0% · 2024
Lowest 17.0% · 2014
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearPalm BayChange Brevard CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 24.0% +1.4 pp 34.2% 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 22.6% +0.6 pp 33.5% 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 22.0% +0.7 pp 32.9% 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 21.3% +1.7 pp 31.7% 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 19.6% +0.3 pp 30.9% 30.5% —
2019estimate 19.3% +0.6 pp 30.2% 29.9% —
2018estimate 18.7% +0.5 pp 29.3% 29.2% —
2017estimate 18.3% +0.2 pp 28.4% 28.5% —
2016estimate 18.1% +0.2 pp 27.7% 27.9% —
2015estimate 17.9% +0.9 pp 27.3% 27.3% —
2014estimate 17.0% −0.2 pp 26.7% 26.8% —
2013estimate 17.1% 26.3% 26.4% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryBachelor's degree or higher
239 Alva 23.2%
70 Anna Maria 45.2%
272 Apalachicola 20.1%
118 Apollo Beach 38.5%
43 Atlantic Beach 52.7%
28 Atlantis 58.4%
41 Aventura 53.6%
224 Bagdad 25.0%
48 Bal Harbour 50.6%
355 Baldwin 10.9%
33 Bay Harbor Islands 55.7%
225 Bay Pines 25.0%
332 Bayonet Point 13.8%
294 Bayshore Gardens 17.8%
344 Bell 13.1%
369 Belle Glade 8.8%
18 Belleair 59.7%
26 Belleair Beach 58.6%
133 Belleair Bluffs 36.3%
243 Bellview 23.0%
377 Beverly Hills 6.2%
171 Big Pine Key 30.7%
95 Biscayne Park 41.3%
87 Bloomingdale 42.4%
39 Boca Raton 54.2%
…
386 Otter Creek 0.0%
170 Pace 30.8%
372 Pahokee 8.5%
288 Palm Bay 18.7%
5 Palm Beach 66.0%
49 Palm Beach Gardens 50.4%
54 Palm Beach Shores 48.2%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2018

What it means

The share of adults with at least a bachelor's degree.

How it is calculated

Adults 25 and over with a bachelor's, master's, professional or doctoral degree, from the survey.