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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 2, 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

2017 · 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
253 Alva 21.1%
95 Anna Maria 41.1%
230 Apalachicola 24.0%
118 Apollo Beach 37.4%
46 Atlantic Beach 50.7%
30 Atlantis 55.3%
40 Aventura 52.4%
222 Bagdad 24.9%
34 Bal Harbour 54.0%
353 Baldwin 11.2%
37 Bay Harbor Islands 53.5%
270 Bay Pines 19.3%
340 Bayonet Point 13.1%
287 Bayshore Gardens 18.0%
361 Bell 9.6%
363 Belle Glade 9.5%
11 Belleair 62.6%
28 Belleair Beach 56.9%
103 Belleair Bluffs 39.5%
236 Bellview 22.8%
370 Beverly Hills 7.7%
186 Big Pine Key 29.0%
127 Biscayne Park 36.2%
83 Bloomingdale 42.7%
38 Boca Raton 53.1%
…
153 Pace 32.9%
367 Pahokee 8.5%
285 Palm Bay 18.3%
12 Palm Beach 62.1%
52 Palm Beach Gardens 48.9%
94 Palm Beach Shores 41.3%
74 Palm City 43.8%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2017

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.