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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 4, 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

2019 · 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
271 Alva 20.9%
71 Anna Maria 47.3%
247 Apalachicola 22.7%
108 Apollo Beach 40.6%
47 Atlantic Beach 52.7%
12 Atlantis 63.3%
46 Aventura 52.7%
203 Bagdad 27.9%
17 Bal Harbour 61.5%
360 Baldwin 10.3%
42 Bay Harbor Islands 54.2%
197 Bay Pines 28.9%
325 Bayonet Point 15.1%
305 Bayshore Gardens 16.8%
352 Bell 11.8%
376 Belle Glade 8.1%
39 Belleair 55.3%
24 Belleair Beach 59.3%
146 Belleair Bluffs 35.4%
262 Bellview 21.6%
377 Beverly Hills 7.2%
185 Big Pine Key 30.8%
85 Biscayne Park 44.8%
99 Bloomingdale 41.5%
40 Boca Raton 55.3%
…
184 Pace 31.0%
356 Pahokee 10.7%
285 Palm Bay 19.3%
6 Palm Beach 67.9%
48 Palm Beach Gardens 52.4%
57 Palm Beach Shores 49.8%
74 Palm City 46.1%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019

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.