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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in Palm Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 11 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 3, 2026
Education & commute · Palm Beach Palm Beach County Florida United States

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

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Latest value · 2024 70.0% +1.5 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 11 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +8.7 pp
vs Palm Beach County +29.4 pp Palm Beach County: 40.5% · 2024
Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · Palm Beach · Palm Beach County · Florida · United States
+8.7 pp since 2014
Palm Beach Palm Beach 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 Beach
70.0%
Palm Beach County
40.5%
Florida
34.1%
United States
35.7%

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

The series at a glance Palm Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 70.0% · 2024
First value 59.6% · 2013
Highest 70.0% · 2024
Lowest 59.4% · 2015
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearPalm BeachChange Palm Beach CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 70.0% +1.5 pp 40.5% 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 68.4% −0.1 pp 39.6% 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 68.5% −0.1 pp 38.8% 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 68.6% +0.2 pp 38.0% 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 68.4% +0.5 pp 37.1% 30.5% —
2019estimate 67.9% +1.9 pp 36.7% 29.9% —
2018estimate 66.0% +3.9 pp 35.7% 29.2% —
2017estimate 62.1% −1.5 pp 34.8% 28.5% —
2016estimate 63.6% +4.2 pp 34.2% 27.9% —
2015estimate 59.4% −1.9 pp 33.6% 27.3% —
2014estimate 61.3% +1.7 pp 32.8% 26.8% —
2013estimate 59.6% 32.4% 26.4% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2013 · 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
281 Alva 17.4%
110 Anna Maria 35.9%
287 Apalachicola 16.8%
136 Apollo Beach 32.4%
50 Atlantic Beach 46.8%
37 Atlantis 49.6%
38 Aventura 49.4%
219 Bagdad 22.7%
39 Bal Harbour 49.3%
372 Baldwin 7.0%
41 Bay Harbor Islands 49.1%
221 Bay Pines 22.4%
350 Bayonet Point 10.5%
330 Bayshore Gardens 12.8%
335 Bell 12.2%
320 Belle Glade 13.3%
31 Belleair 50.8%
45 Belleair Beach 47.9%
112 Belleair Bluffs 35.6%
274 Bellview 17.7%
349 Beverly Hills 10.5%
241 Big Pine Key 20.6%
48 Biscayne Park 47.1%
102 Bloomingdale 36.8%
35 Boca Raton 50.4%
…
192 Pace 25.6%
361 Pahokee 8.8%
284 Palm Bay 17.1%
14 Palm Beach 59.6%
51 Palm Beach Gardens 46.7%
81 Palm Beach Shores 41.1%
69 Palm City 43.2%
…

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

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.