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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Bachelor's degree or higher in West Palm Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 158 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 6, 2026
Education & commute · West 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 39.2% +1.5 pp since 2023
Towns of Florida · 2024 158 of 391 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +8.0 pp
vs Palm Beach County −1.3 pp Palm Beach County: 40.5% · 2024
Bachelor's degree or higher, 2013 – 2024 percent · West Palm Beach · Palm Beach County · Florida · United States
+8.0 pp since 2014
West 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
West Palm Beach
39.2%
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 West Palm Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 39.2% · 2024
First value 30.4% · 2013
Highest 39.2% · 2024
Lowest 30.4% · 2013
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearWest Palm BeachChange Palm Beach CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 39.2% +1.5 pp 40.5% 34.1% 35.7%
2023estimate 37.6% +0.2 pp 39.6% 33.2% 35.0%
2022estimate 37.5% +0.7 pp 38.8% 32.3% 34.3%
2021estimate 36.8% +1.2 pp 38.0% 31.5% 33.7%
2020estimate 35.6% +1.2 pp 37.1% 30.5% —
2019estimate 34.4% −0.0 pp 36.7% 29.9% —
2018estimate 34.4% +0.6 pp 35.7% 29.2% —
2017estimate 33.8% +0.9 pp 34.8% 28.5% —
2016estimate 32.9% −0.1 pp 34.2% 27.9% —
2015estimate 33.0% +1.7 pp 33.6% 27.3% —
2014estimate 31.2% +0.9 pp 32.8% 26.8% —
2013estimate 30.4% 32.4% 26.4% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2016 · 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
280 Alva 18.3%
95 Anna Maria 39.4%
240 Apalachicola 22.4%
117 Apollo Beach 36.9%
48 Atlantic Beach 47.6%
36 Atlantis 52.6%
41 Aventura 50.9%
221 Bagdad 24.6%
34 Bal Harbour 53.6%
346 Baldwin 11.8%
53 Bay Harbor Islands 47.2%
263 Bay Pines 19.6%
334 Bayonet Point 13.0%
304 Bayshore Gardens 15.7%
345 Bell 11.9%
350 Belle Glade 10.9%
20 Belleair 58.6%
28 Belleair Beach 55.3%
109 Belleair Bluffs 38.0%
248 Bellview 21.2%
367 Beverly Hills 8.3%
197 Big Pine Key 27.2%
132 Biscayne Park 34.7%
78 Bloomingdale 42.6%
39 Boca Raton 52.4%
…
91 Wesley Chapel 40.1%
148 West Melbourne 33.3%
235 West Miami 22.8%
150 West Palm Beach 32.9%
324 West Park 13.9%
265 West Perrine 19.5%
23 Westchase 58.1%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2016

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.