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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in Port St. Lucie

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 244 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 7, 2026

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

Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · Port St. Lucie · St. Lucie County · Florida · United States
+9.1 pp since 2014
Port St. Lucie St. Lucie 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
Port St. Lucie
28.1%
Florida
34.1%

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

The series at a glance Port St. Lucie · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 28.1% · 2024
First value 19.5% · 2013
Highest 28.1% · 2024
Lowest 19.0% · 2014
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearPort St. LucieChange St. Lucie CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 28.1% +1.3 pp 26.7% 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 26.8% +0.6 pp 25.4% 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 26.2% +0.8 pp 25.0% 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 25.4% +2.0 pp 24.2% 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 23.4% +0.8 pp 22.5% 30.5% —
2019estimate 22.6% +1.9 pp 21.6% 29.9% —
2018estimate 20.7% +1.4 pp 20.3% 29.2% —
2017estimate 19.3% −0.9 pp 19.6% 28.5% —
2016estimate 20.2% −0.0 pp 19.8% 27.9% —
2015estimate 20.2% +1.2 pp 19.9% 27.3% —
2014estimate 19.0% −0.5 pp 19.0% 26.8% —
2013estimate 19.5% 19.5% 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.

#TerritoryBachelor's degree or higher
1 Golden Beach 74.6%
2 Key Biscayne 74.4%
3 Sea Ranch Lakes 71.7%
4 Indian River Shores 70.0%
5 Navarre Beach 69.7%
6 South Beach 67.1%
7 Ocean Ridge 64.1%
8 Longboat Key 63.5%
9 Sanibel 63.5%
10 Coral Gables 62.7%
11 Belleair 62.6%
12 Palm Beach 62.1%
13 Pinecrest 61.6%
14 Surfside 61.5%
15 Wabasso Beach 61.4%
16 Tierra Verde 60.8%
17 Sawgrass 60.3%
18 Highland Beach 60.2%
19 Weston 60.0%
20 Parkland 59.3%
21 Siesta Key 58.9%
22 Jupiter Island 58.9%
23 St George Island 58.7%
24 Sewall's Point 58.0%
25 Nocatee 57.7%
…
268 Layton 19.4%
269 Yulee 19.3%
270 Bay Pines 19.3%
271 Port St. Lucie 19.3%
272 Cocoa 19.2%
273 West Perrine 19.2%
274 Thonotosassa 19.2%
…

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.