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Education & commute Statistics · City estimate

Work from home in West Palm Beach

2013 – 2024 · 12 data points 224 of 391 · Towns of Florida Updated Nov 3, 2026

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

Work from home, 2013 – 2024 percent · West Palm Beach · Palm Beach County · Florida · United States
+6.8 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 Work from home · percent
West Palm Beach
13.3%
Florida
15.7%

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

The series at a glance West Palm Beach · 2013 – 2024
Latest value 13.3% · 2024
First value 6.3% · 2013
Highest 13.3% · 2024
Lowest 5.2% · 2017
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2013 – 2024

YearWest Palm BeachChange Palm Beach CountyFloridaUnited States
2024estimate 13.3% +1.2 pp 15.4% 15.7% 15.1%
2023estimate 12.1% +0.5 pp 13.8% 13.9% 13.5%
2022estimate 11.6% +2.5 pp 12.1% 11.9% 11.7%
2021estimate 9.1% +1.7 pp 10.4% 9.9% 9.7%
2020estimate 7.5% +2.0 pp 8.4% 7.8% —
2019estimate 5.5% +0.2 pp 7.0% 6.2% —
2018estimate 5.3% +0.1 pp 6.5% 5.8% —
2017estimate 5.2% −0.2 pp 6.4% 5.6% —
2016estimate 5.4% −0.7 pp 6.3% 5.4% —
2015estimate 6.1% −0.4 pp 5.9% 5.1% —
2014estimate 6.5% +0.2 pp 5.7% 4.9% —
2013estimate 6.3% 5.8% 4.8% —

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

Ranking · Towns of Florida

2020 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryWork from home
391 Otter Creek 0.0%
390 Layton 0.0%
389 Canal Point 0.0%
388 Goodland 0.0%
387 Steinhatchee 0.0%
386 Perry 0.0%
385 Homosassa 0.0%
384 Pembroke Park 0.3%
383 Stock Island 0.4%
382 Pinewood 0.7%
381 Crystal Springs 0.7%
380 Eastpoint 0.8%
379 Pahokee 0.8%
378 Lauderdale Lakes 0.9%
377 Bunnell 1.1%
376 Opa-locka 1.1%
375 Apalachicola 1.1%
374 Goulds 1.1%
373 Bronson 1.2%
372 Belle Glade 1.3%
371 Chiefland 1.4%
370 Mary Esther 1.4%
369 Holly Hill 1.5%
368 South Bay 1.6%
367 West Park 1.7%
…
220 Miami 7.4%
219 Cocoa 7.4%
218 Melbourne 7.4%
217 West Palm Beach 7.5%
216 Cooper City 7.5%
215 Gibsonton 7.5%
214 Shalimar 7.6%
…

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020

What it means

The share of workers who mainly work at home.

How it is calculated

Workers who worked from home divided by all workers aged 16 and over.