Compare West Palm Beach, FL vs Florida (FL) vs United States

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Metric	West Palm Beach, FL City	Florida (FL) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	122,290	22,416,077	334,922,499
Rent	$1,772	$1,669	$1,413
Year built	1988	1988	1980
Household income	$73,446	$74,568	$80,734
Per capita income	$48,223	$42,609	$44,673
Poverty rate	14.1%	12.6%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.4%	4.0%
Household size	2.3	2.5	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	57.4%	56.3%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	122,290	22,416,077	334,922,499
Adults over 25	90,224	16,228,400	230,807,303
Total households	52,522	8,752,810	129,227,496
Household size	2.3	2.5	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$73,446	$74,568	$80,734
Per capita income	$48,223	$42,609	$44,673
Poverty rate	14.1%	12.6%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.4%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	57.4%	56.3%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,772	$1,669	$1,413
Year built	1988	1988	1980
Households that rent	49.5%	32.4%	34.8%
Households that own	50.5%	67.6%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	4.4	5.2	5.5
Race
White	39.8%	55.9%	61%
Black	32.8%	15.1%	12.2%
Asian	2.7%	2.9%	6%
Two or more races	17.8%	19.4%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	24.6%	27.4%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	75.4%	72.6%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	86.7%	84.3%	84.9%
Commute time to work	23.0 min	28.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	13.3%	15.7%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	28.5%	26.9%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	21.4%	27.2%	26%
Some college or associate degree	10.9%	11.8%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	39.2%	34.1%	35.7%