Palm Springs, Florida
Area Profile
27,356 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Palm Springs, in Palm Beach County.
How this area ranks
Data updated · 15 sourcesUnemployment is 4.2% and median household income $61,739, putting employment conditions in the middle range of cities measured.
In the public schools here, 50% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 16.0 students for every teacher.
No residential units were authorized over the past twelve months, against a nonzero total the year before.
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At a glance
Jobs & opportunity
Unemployment of 4.2%, lower than in 55% of the 4,226 measured US cities.
Employment fell 1.2% over the past year, to 14,924 employed residents.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income of new arrivalsPalm Beach County, FL’s figurefiling years 2022–2023 | $178,085 | 99th percentileof 4,101 | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Income of those who leftPalm Beach County, FL’s figurefiling years 2022–2023 | $98,527 | 84th percentileof 4,101 | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Median household income ±$4,3952024 ACS 5-Year | $61,739 | Bottom 42%of 29,223 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Per capita income ±$4,0132024 ACS 5-Year | $28,422 | Bottom 31%of 31,420 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Poverty rate ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year | 15.5% | Bottom 33%of 31,773 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Average commute ±1.3 min2024 ACS 5-Year | 28.3 min | Bottom 42%of 31,543 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Bachelor's degree or higher ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 17.7% | Bottom 42%of 31,919 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Drove alone to work ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year | 71.4% | 32nd percentileof 31,433 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| EmploymentJuly 2026 | 14,924 | Bottom 13%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Employment change (3 years)July 2026 | −0.2% | Bottom 49%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Employment change (year over year)July 2026 | −1.2% | Bottom 41%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Labor forceJuly 2026 | 15,581 | 13th percentileof 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Labor force participation ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 84.4% | Top 26%of 31,513 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Mean annual wageMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS | $67,190 | Bottom 42%of 3,729 | 2025 OEWS |
| Median annual wageMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS | $48,640 | Bottom 27%of 3,729 | 2025 OEWS |
| Public transit to work ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 2.8% | 92nd percentileof 31,433 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Unemployment change (year over year)July 2026 | +0.6% | Bottom 12%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Unemployment rateJuly 2026 | 4.2% | Top 45%of 4,226 | July 2026 |
| Worked from home ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 6.6% | 45th percentileof 31,433 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
Unemployment rate
Median household income, successive ACS releases
Largest occupations — Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
| Occupation | People employed | Median annual wage |
|---|---|---|
| Retail Salespersons | 91,370 | $34,330 |
| General and Operations Managers | 74,960 | $105,640 |
| Customer Service Representatives | 63,440 | $39,560 |
| Registered Nurses | 61,670 | $91,380 |
| Office Clerks, General | 61,160 | $44,730 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | 57,830 | $36,070 |
Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.
Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
50% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 45% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.
There are 16.0 students for every full-time teacher across 13 public schools, more than in most measured places.
| School | District | Students | Per teacher | Math | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Springs Middle School | PALM BEACH | 1,397 | 16.4 | 49% | 45% |
| Clifford O Taylor/kirklane Elementary | PALM BEACH | 1,342 | 15.3 | 53% | 42% |
| Lake Worth Community Middle | PALM BEACH | 1,136 | 18.0 | 35% | 31% |
| Berkshire Elementary School | PALM BEACH | 1,076 | 15.6 | 66% | 53% |
| Palm Springs Elementary School | PALM BEACH | 1,069 | 14.3 | 57% | 36% |
| Renaissance Charter School at Summit · charter | PALM BEACH | 985 | 16.7 | 50% | 49% |
| Meadow Park Elementary School | PALM BEACH | 813 | 13.8 | 73% | 66% |
| G-Star School of the Arts · charter | PALM BEACH | 710 | 15.1 | 52% | 68% |
| Palm Beach Preparatory Charter Academy · charter | PALM BEACH | 632 | 63.2 | 3% | 8% |
| Somerset Academy the Dr. Bernard Kimmel Campus · charter | PALM BEACH | 515 | 19.1 | 47% | 53% |
| Sports Leadership and Management (slam) Middle School Palm · charter | PALM BEACH | 324 | 21.6 | 48% | 53% |
| Slam Academy High School Palm Beach · charter | PALM BEACH | 309 | 20.6 | — | — |
63.9% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.
Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Florida’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.
Housing & affordability
How it’s calculated — housing affordability →Prices for everything a household buys run about 12% above the national average — the Bureau of Economic Analysis index reads 112.1, against 100 for the nation. Nationally, housing drives most of the spread between places in this index; other goods vary far less.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metropolitan Division is up 59% over five years, and up 3.7% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.
Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $2,094 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.78% of the median home value.
HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $2,144, some 28% above the $1,669 tenants already here pay.
At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $2,144 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $85,700 a year, about 139% of the median household income here of $61,739.
The typical renter household here spends 35% of its income on rent, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,669 a month.
A median home at $269,800 costs 4.0 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $67,980, above the historic benchmark of about 3 times income.
Prices here run about 12% above the national average. The spread between places is driven mostly by housing — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.
Published for the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area as a whole. Prices are regional — people shop, commute and rent across a metropolitan area rather than within a city boundary — so this describes the cost of living around this place better than a figure drawn to its own limits would.
The figures above are measured against Palm Springs’s median household income of $61,739, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of living indexthe Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area’s figure2023 | 112.1 | Bottom 19%of 3,700 | 2023 |
| Home price change (1 year)the West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metropolitan Division’s figure2026 Q2 | +3.7% | 62nd percentileof 4,154 | 2026 Q2 |
| Home price change (5 years)the West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metropolitan Division’s figure2026 Q2 | +58.7% | 95th percentileof 4,154 | 2026 Q2 |
| Home price change (10 years)the West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metropolitan Division’s figure2026 Q2 | +133.9% | 96th percentileof 4,154 | 2026 Q2 |
| Home price to income ±0.72024 ACS 5-Year | 4.0 | Bottom 18%of 26,815 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Homeownership rate ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year | 48.3% | 8th percentileof 31,717 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Housing units ±5812024 ACS 5-Year | 10,037 | 94th percentileof 32,177 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Market rent, one bedroomFY2026 | $1,807 | Bottom 27%of 4,072 | FY2026 |
| Market rent, three bedroomFY2026 | $2,779 | Bottom 26%of 4,072 | FY2026 |
| Market rent, two bedroomFY2026 | $2,144 | Bottom 27%of 4,072 | FY2026 |
| Median gross rent ±$602024 ACS 5-Year | $1,669 | Bottom 15%of 23,120 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median home value ±$26,0652024 ACS 5-Year | $269,800 | 68th percentileof 29,111 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Median property taxes ±$4042024 ACS 5-Year | $2,094 | 58th percentileof 26,440 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Owner household income ±$10,4122024 ACS 5-Year | $67,980 | Bottom 34%of 27,548 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Property tax rate ±0.17%2024 ACS 5-Year | 0.78% | 36th percentileof 20,543 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Rent as a share of income ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year | 35.4% | Bottom 19%of 22,950 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Seasonal and second homes ±1322024 ACS 5-Year | 270 | 95th percentileof 32,330 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year | 2.7% | 73rd percentileof 31,895 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year | 7.7% | 53rd percentileof 31,769 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Vacant housing units ±2742024 ACS 5-Year | 1,038 | 95th percentileof 32,330 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures and the cost-of-living index.
Growth & development
How it’s calculated — growth →Development Momentum
An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.
Population has grown 6% since 2020, reaching 28,548 in 2024.
Federal tax returns show that people moving in from elsewhere in the US and people moving out roughly balanced across Palm Beach County, which contains Palm Springs, in the most recent year. Households that moved in reported an average income of $178,085, above the $98,527 of households that moved out.
At 0.0 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US cities.
Population, annual estimates
People moving in and out
Where newcomers came from
- Broward County, FL 12,296 people · 19% of arrivals
- Miami-Dade County, FL 4,446 people · 6.9% of arrivals
- St. Lucie County, FL 1,842 people · 2.9% of arrivals
- Nassau County, NY 1,556 people · 2.4% of arrivals
- Suffolk County, NY 1,145 people · 1.8% of arrivals
Where people who left went
- Broward County, FL 8,797 people · 13% of departures
- St. Lucie County, FL 6,407 people · 9.8% of departures
- Miami-Dade County, FL 2,634 people · 4.0% of departures
- Martin County, FL 2,317 people · 3.6% of departures
- Orange County, FL 1,713 people · 2.6% of departures
Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Palm Beach County, FL. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.
Housing units permitted per year
Weather & climate
8 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 90°F and January a low of 58°F.
Normal annual precipitation is 61.7 inches.
Air quality measures a median index of 43, in the Good band, and no day in the year passed 100.
Precipitation
| Metric | Value | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| 90th percentile air quality index2024 calendar year | 57 | 2024 calendar year |
| Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals | 61.7" | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average January low1991-2020 Normals | 58°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Average July high1991-2020 Normals | 90°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals | 8 | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Days above AQI 1002024 calendar year | 0 | 2024 calendar year |
| Median air quality index2024 calendar year | 43 | 2024 calendar year |
| Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals | 17°F | 1991-2020 Normals |
Air quality
A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.
Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. Air quality is measured by EPA monitors and published by county only where a monitor sits; a county without one shows nothing rather than an estimate, and a county reading is still the county’s. How to read climate and air quality.
Physical risk
The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are hurricane, inland flooding and heat wave, with hurricane alone responsible for 55% of it. Inland flooding and heat wave are independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large those hazards are.
Low or minimal exposure: inland flooding, heat wave, wildfire, drought, strong wind, earthquake, hail, winter weather, tsunami, volcanic activity, ice storm, avalanche.
Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.
These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.
Palm Beach County records 4.2 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.
Firearm deaths of all intents run at 10.7 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, since the figure counts suicides and accidents as well as homicides.
Drug overdose deaths run at 13.3 per 100,000 residents in Palm Beach County.
Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.
Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around Palm Springs (Palm Beach County) rather than Palm Springs itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.
What this profile does not cover
Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.
- Reported crime
- Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. Either no municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — or its department did not report every month of the year. Either way there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
- Taxes
- Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. The cost-of-living index above is a price level for all consumption, not a household budget, and it excludes taxes. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
- Anything about a specific address
- Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.
Access
5 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest President Donald J Trump Intl at 3 miles.
| Metric | Value | Compared nationally | Source period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadband access ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year | 90.2% | Top 48%of 31,588 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Distance to major airportNASR current cycle | 3 mi | Top 4%of 4,226 | NASR current cycle |
| Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle | 5 | Top 45%of 4,226 | NASR current cycle |
| No internet access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year | 7.3% | Top 50%of 31,588 | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Airport | Code | Distance | Longest runway |
|---|---|---|---|
| President Donald J Trump Intl | DJT | 3 mi | 10,001 ft |
| Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood Intl | FLL | 39 mi | 8,000 ft |
| Miami-Opa Locka Exec | OPF | 52 mi | 8,002 ft |
Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.
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Other cities in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Same metropolitan area, measured the same way| City | County | Population | Area Score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miami | Miami-Dade County | 459,745 | 57 | Miami vs Palm Springs |
| Hialeah | Miami-Dade County | 226,165 | 55 | Hialeah vs Palm Springs |
| Fort Lauderdale | Broward County | 185,604 | 47 | Fort Lauderdale vs Palm Springs |
| Pembroke Pines | Broward County | 173,194 | 46 | |
| Hollywood | Broward County | 155,082 | 45 | |
| Miramar | Broward County | 138,600 | 54 | |
| Coral Springs | Broward County | 136,103 | 47 | |
| West Palm Beach | Palm Beach County | 122,290 | 51 | |
| Pompano Beach | Broward County | 114,147 | 43 | |
| Miami Gardens | Miami-Dade County | 113,177 | 47 | |
| Davie | Broward County | 108,346 | 50 | |
| Boca Raton | Palm Beach County | 100,234 | 51 |
Every city here is measured on the same scale from the same source releases, so the comparison is like for like. A higher Area Score reflects AreaProfile’s standardized weighting rather than a judgment about which is the better place to live.
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Data & methodology
| Used for | Source | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| Access | Federal Aviation Administration Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service | NASR current cycle |
| Physical risk | Federal Emergency Management Agency National Risk Index | National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0) |
| Demographics, Income | Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county) | filing years 2022–2023 |
| Climate | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly) | 1991-2020 Normals |
| Housing | U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional price parities and county personal income | 2023 |
| Jobs | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics | July 2026 |
| Jobs | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics | 2025 OEWS |
| Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, Jobs | U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File) | 2024 ACS 5-Year |
| Development | U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey | 12 months ending July 2026 |
| Demographics | U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program | July 1, 2024 estimate |
| Safety | U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics Provisional county-level mortality by intent | March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026 |
| Schools | U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments | 2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year |
| Housing | U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research Fair Market Rents | FY2026 |
| Climate | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System Daily Air Quality Index by county | 2024 calendar year |
| Housing | U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions) | 2026 Q2 |
| Current conditions | NOAA National Weather Service National Weather Service current conditions | Live observation, read when the page opens |
Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.