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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

2022 · 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
251 Alva 26.3%
30 Anna Maria 60.0%
221 Apalachicola 29.2%
101 Apollo Beach 44.8%
51 Atlantic Beach 54.4%
22 Atlantis 61.4%
166 Ave Maria 35.9%
46 Aventura 55.6%
223 Bagdad 29.0%
16 Bal Harbour 64.7%
348 Baldwin 14.5%
57 Bay Harbor Islands 53.8%
210 Bay Pines 30.7%
345 Bayonet Point 14.9%
311 Bayshore Gardens 18.8%
357 Bell 13.0%
355 Belle Glade 13.4%
60 Belleair 53.5%
25 Belleair Beach 61.3%
186 Belleair Bluffs 33.8%
316 Bellview 18.1%
374 Beverly Hills 9.5%
235 Big Pine Key 27.8%
96 Biscayne Park 45.8%
120 Bloomingdale 41.9%
…
225 Pace 28.8%
326 Pahokee 16.8%
281 Palm Bay 22.0%
10 Palm Beach 68.5%
42 Palm Beach Gardens 56.4%
58 Palm Beach Shores 53.6%
89 Palm City 47.8%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2022

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.