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Highland Beach

Town, Palm Beach County. Population 4,279 (2025), -0.2% on the prior year, -0.4% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Highland Beach

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 0.54 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population4,279Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519794.3k high2025
Change since the prior year-0.2%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020-0.4%2020 to 2025
Census 20204,2952020

University of Florida Bureau of Economic and Business Research, Florida Estimates of Population, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Population estimates

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Basis of the latest figureestimate2025

Population by year

April 1 of each year. Basis is census in a census year, otherwise BEBR's estimate.

YearPopulationBasisChange
20254,279estimate-0.2%
20244,287estimate-0.4%
20234,303estimate0.0%
20224,302estimate0.0%
20214,300estimate+0.1%
20204,295census+17.0%
20193,671estimate+0.5%
20183,654estimate+1.2%
20173,609estimate+0.2%
20163,600estimate0.0%
20153,600estimate+0.5%
20143,581estimate+0.3%
20133,572estimate-1.6%
20123,629estimate+2.5%
20113,542estimate+0.1%
20103,539census-15.0%
20094,162estimate0.0%
20084,164estimate+0.2%
20074,155estimate0.0%
20064,157estimate0.0%
20054,157estimate+3.4%
20044,019estimate+0.6%
20033,994estimate+0.8%
20023,961estimate+2.0%
20013,885estimate+2.9%
20003,775census+8.6%
19993,477estimate+2.4%
19983,396estimate+3.4%
19973,285estimate+0.6%
19963,264estimate+0.4%
19953,251estimate-0.2%
19943,256estimate+0.3%
19933,245estimate+0.3%
19923,234estimate+0.8%
19913,209estimaten/a
19893,270estimate+1.9%
19883,208estimate+1.3%
19873,167estimate+2.9%
19863,077estimate+3.0%
19852,987estimate+4.9%
19842,847estimate+15.5%
19832,466estimate+4.8%
19822,354estimate+14.0%
19812,065estimaten/a
19792,701estimaten/a

Labor force (county figures)

Aug 2026

County figures, no city estimate published by FloridaCommerce

Unemployment rate (Palm Beach County)4.6%Unemployment rate, not seasonally adjusted, Aug 2016 to Aug 2026Aug 201614.1% highAug 2026
Labor force (Palm Beach County)773,792Aug 2026
Employment (Palm Beach County)737,930Aug 2026
Unemployed (Palm Beach County)35,862Aug 2026
Rate a year earlier4.3%Aug 2025
Labor force, change on a year earlier+0.1%Aug 2026

US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Labor force page

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Latest month is preliminaryyesAug 2026

Monthly, last three years

Not seasonally adjusted. The latest month may be preliminary.

MonthLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
Aug 2026773,792737,93035,8624.6%
Jul 2026768,773732,25836,5154.7%
Jun 2026775,025739,44735,5784.6%
May 2026775,031740,65134,3804.4%
Apr 2026774,233739,13335,1004.5%
Mar 2026773,230739,14934,0814.4%
Feb 2026774,261737,11237,1494.8%
Jan 2026771,360733,22938,1314.9%
Dec 2025773,460739,00434,4564.5%
Nov 2025776,402738,09738,3054.9%
Sep 2025776,486743,02133,4654.3%
Aug 2025773,226739,73133,4954.3%
Jul 2025773,015740,98332,0324.1%
Jun 2025776,511746,13930,3723.9%
May 2025778,513751,46327,0503.5%
Apr 2025779,666754,05325,6133.3%
Mar 2025780,405754,13326,2723.4%
Feb 2025778,386751,66926,7173.4%
Jan 2025779,316751,64827,6683.6%
Dec 2024776,334752,42423,9103.1%
Nov 2024773,135746,07227,0633.5%
Oct 2024778,940752,05026,8903.5%
Sep 2024776,793749,17327,6203.6%
Aug 2024777,692747,51030,1823.9%
Jul 2024778,624748,94329,6813.8%
Jun 2024776,005748,21727,7883.6%
May 2024775,331751,87423,4573.0%
Apr 2024778,540756,48922,0512.8%
Mar 2024779,231755,89323,3383.0%
Feb 2024776,581752,67723,9043.1%
Jan 2024774,229749,45524,7743.2%
Dec 2023775,691753,48622,2052.9%
Nov 2023775,619751,52724,0923.1%
Oct 2023779,555754,24225,3133.2%
Sep 2023776,109750,32725,7823.3%
Aug 2023774,544747,52427,0203.5%

Annual averages

YearLabor forceEmployedUnemployedRate
2025776,853746,35830,4953.9%
2024776,786750,89825,8883.3%
2023771,908748,84023,0683.0%
2022750,193727,58122,6123.0%
2021723,837691,48732,3504.5%
2020706,173649,67456,4998.0%
2019722,416698,18524,2313.4%
2018715,256688,91826,3383.7%
2017711,071680,88330,1884.2%
2016702,767669,08333,6844.8%
2015690,164654,52735,6375.2%
2014680,816639,22141,5956.1%
2013668,363618,41049,9537.5%
2012655,511597,80457,7078.8%
2011650,679584,23266,44710.2%

Sales and visitor spending

12 months to Mar 2026
BusinessFlare® estimate, last 12 months$5.4M

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Economic Census geographic area series, retail trade and accommodation and food services, 2017 and 2022, retrieved 2026-10-01; BusinessFlare® city-level sales and visitor spending estimate (method and error; the figures are Street Economics Pass data), retrieved 2026-10-04 | How the estimate is made

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BusinessFlare® estimate from public sources. The estimate anchors on the sales the US Census Bureau published for this place in the 2017 and 2022 Economic Census, for retail trade and for accommodation and food services, and moves them month by month with the county's sales tax returns by kind of business (Florida Department of Revenue Form 10). After the 2022 anchor the place's share of the county moves with the growth of its commercial property on the Department's 2026 tax roll, as submitted by the county property appraiser, by use code: stores, shopping centers, supermarkets and auto dealers for retail; restaurants, bars and hotels for accommodation and food. The three spending groups follow the county's kind code mix within each sector. Every place with both anchors was carried from 2017 to 2022 the same way and the landing on the 2022 Census figure is the published error.

A landing error over 25% carries a wide error flag. The error is published with every figure; an estimate is never shown without it. Rounded to the nearest hundred thousand dollars; the monthly series is pass data.

Statewide median error, 2017 to 2022 back-test15.7%2017 to 2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2017$327K2017
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): Census sales 2022$1.49M2022
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45): 2022 landing error70.0%2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2017n/a2017
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): Census sales 2022$3.4M2022
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): 2022 landing errorn/a2022

Economic Census anchors and the back-test

SectorCensus sales 2017Census sales 20222017 carried to 2022Landing error
Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)$327K$1.49M$447K70.0%
Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72)n/a$3.4Mn/an/a
  • wide error: the 2017 carry-forward landed 70% from the 2022 Census figure for Retail trade (NAICS 44-45)
  • first published in 2022 for Accommodation and food services (NAICS 72): no back-test for this sector

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses8New licenses by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20162 highAug 2026
Food service licenses1Aug 2026
Lodging licenses6Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses1Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months0Aug 2026

Florida DBPR active licensure base files: public food service, public lodging and retail alcoholic beverage licenses, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Licenses

Licenses are placed inside the city limits by their geocoded address.

No ZIP code has its Census internal point inside this place, so ZIP Code Business Patterns are not shown.

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Licenses by type

Counted licenses in DBPR's food service, lodging and alcoholic beverage files, placed by geocoded address.

License typeFileActive
2007-DWEL-SNGLlodging3
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging2
4COP-Salcohol1
2010-SEATfood1
2001-HOTLlodging1

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months0Housing units permitted by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20162 highAug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$0Aug 2026
Units, latest month0Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table22025

US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, place and county residential permits, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Building permits

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Monthly, last three years

Residential permits as the Bureau publishes them; imputed months are the Bureau's imputations.

MonthUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
Aug 2026000$0
Jul 2026000$0
Jun 2026000$0
May 2026000$0
Apr 2026000$0
Mar 2026000$0
Feb 2026000$0
Jan 2026000$0
Dec 2025000$0
Nov 2025000$0
Oct 2025000$0
Sep 2025000$0
Aug 2025000$0
Jul 2025000$0
Jun 2025000$0
May 2025000$0
Apr 2025000$0
Mar 2025000$0
Feb 2025000$0
Jan 2025000$0
Dec 2024000$0
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 2024000$0
Sep 2024000$0
Aug 2024000$0
Jul 2024000$0
Jun 2024000$0
May 2024000$0
Apr 2024000$0
Mar 2024000$0
Feb 2024000$0
Jan 2024000$0
Dec 2023000$0
Nov 2023000$0
Oct 2023000$0
Sep 2023000$0

Annual table

YearUnits1 unit5 or moreValuation
2025220$6.22M
2024000$0
2023000$0
2022000$0
2021220$4M
2020110$2M
2019550$10M
2018110$1.99M
2017550$9.84M
201610100$16.2M
2015440$7.87M
2014220$6.88M
2013770$14M
2012330$5.35M
2011220$2.63M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$5.06B
Total taxable value (non school)$3.91B2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$4.12B2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+0.9%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+4.5%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$5.02B2025 final roll
New construction value$9.48M2026 preliminary
Parcels4,2212026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll, 2026 preliminary and final as posted, retrieved 2026-10-03

Parcels are placed by Census block group through the Census Bureau's block assignment file; a parcel in a block group that straddles the limits is apportioned. Census 2010 block groups; 69% of the county's just value lies in a place. Medians are over the parcels whose block group lies mostly in the place. Qualified sales: the roll's own sale fields, qualification codes 01 and 02, improved, single parcel.

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Median single family just value$2.49M2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months180Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$1MJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$4.95B2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$57.2M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$9.43M2026 preliminary
Just value, institutional$10.8M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$34.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$0.4K2026 preliminary

Just value by use group

Department of Revenue land use codes grouped: residential 001 to 009, commercial 011 to 039, industrial 041 to 049, agricultural 050 to 069, vacant 000, 010, 040 and 070, institutional 071 to 079, government 080 to 089, other 090 to 099. Taxable is the non school taxable value. Just value change compares with the 2025 final roll, summed the same way.

Use groupParcelsJust valueTaxable (non school)New constructionResidential unitsJust value change
Residential4,179$4.95B$3.86B$9.48M4,187+0.7%
Commercial5$57.2M$47.1M$0n/a+14.7%
Vacant26$9.43M$7.26M$0n/a-15.6%
Institutional2$10.8M$151K$0n/a+7.8%
Government6$34.9M$0$0n/a+6.8%
Other3$0.4K$0.4K$0n/a0.0%

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units4,613Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199093.0% high2024
Occupied units2,3412020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units2,2722020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households2,1752020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households1662020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate92.9%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)31.1%2025
Cost burdened renter households22.1%2025

Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, Florida Housing Data Clearinghouse, retrieved 2026-10-01 | Housing data

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Severely cost burdened renters (over 50%)0.0%2025
Median gross rent$3.5K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$4.45M2024

Cost burden by income, 2025

Households by the share of income spent on housing, Shimberg Center estimates for 2025.

TenureIncome (share of area median)30% or less30.1 to 50%Over 50%
All households30% AMI or less01043
All households30.01-50% AMI106974
All households50.01-80% AMI509799
All households80.01-120% AMI01014
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI1,632229118
Renters30% AMI or less000
Renters30.01-50% AMI000
Renters50.01-80% AMI11280
Renters80.01-120% AMI000
RentersGreater than 120% AMI236420
Owners30% AMI or less01043
Owners30.01-50% AMI106974
Owners50.01-80% AMI396999
Owners80.01-120% AMI01014
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI1,396187118

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$889K12
1997$2.55M12
1998$1.49M20
1999$1.25M19
2000$1.19M21
2001$1M15
2002$2.4M17
2003$1.45M22
2004$2.26M21
2005$2.34M25
2006$2.04M17
2007$2.15M16
2008$2.8M11
2009$2.36M12
2010$3M9
2011$2.08M15
2012$2.24M14
2013$1.68M14
2014$2.27M20
2015$3.07M10

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$31.4KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$46.8K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$411KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$411KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-2.1%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$11.1KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$135KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$135KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before+0.6%Sep 2026

Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Expenditures and Revenues Reported by Florida's County and Municipal Governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Revenue, Revenue Confirmation Online, distributions to local governments, retrieved 2026-10-01; Florida Department of Financial Services, LOGERx local government Annual Financial Report data, long-term debt outstanding, retrieved 2026-10-04 | Distributions Annual financial report

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Total revenues$33MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+38.0%FY2024
Total expenditures$30.2MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+19.4%FY2024
Revenues per resident$7.69KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$7.99MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-14.0%FY2025

Half-cent sales tax, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$31.4K
Aug 2026$32.8K
Jul 2026$32.7K
Jun 2026$34.5K
May 2026$39.8K
Apr 2026$34.7K
Mar 2026$36.2K
Feb 2026$41.3K
Jan 2026$34.8K
Dec 2025$31.8K
Nov 2025$31.8K
Oct 2025$29.4K
Sep 2025$32.5K
Aug 2025$32.7K
Jul 2025$34.3K
Jun 2025$35.9K
May 2025$40.9K
Apr 2025$39.7K
Mar 2025$33.5K
Feb 2025$40.5K
Jan 2025$36.2K
Dec 2024$32K
Nov 2024$31.4K
Oct 2024$30.7K
Sep 2024$30.8K
Aug 2024$31.3K
Jul 2024$34.7K
Jun 2024$36.4K
May 2024$40.9K
Apr 2024$37.3K
Mar 2024$36.2K
Feb 2024$43K
Jan 2024$37.1K
Dec 2023$35.1K
Nov 2023$34.7K
Oct 2023$32.7K

State revenue sharing, monthly distributions

As the Department of Revenue's ledger prints them; a blank month is a month with no line.

MonthDistributed
Sep 2026$11.1K
Aug 2026$11.1K
Jul 2026$11.1K
Jun 2026$11.1K
May 2026$11.1K
Apr 2026$11.1K
Mar 2026$11.1K
Feb 2026$11.1K
Jan 2026$11.1K
Dec 2025$11.8K
Nov 2025$11.8K
Oct 2025$11.8K
Sep 2025$12.2K
Aug 2025$12.2K
Jul 2025$12.2K
Jun 2025$10.7K
May 2025$10.7K
Apr 2025$10.7K
Mar 2025$10.7K
Feb 2025$10.7K
Jan 2025$10.7K
Dec 2024$10.7K
Nov 2024$11.7K
Oct 2024$11.7K
Sep 2024$11.7K
Aug 2024$11.7K
Jul 2024$11.7K
Jun 2024$11.8K
May 2024$11.8K
Apr 2024$11.8K
Mar 2024$11.8K
Feb 2024$11.8K
Jan 2024$11.8K
Dec 2023$11.8K
Nov 2023$11.8K
Oct 2023$11.8K

Long-term debt by fiscal year

Total long-term debt outstanding at fiscal year end, all funds, as the government reported it to the Department of Financial Services in its Annual Financial Report.

Fiscal yearDebt outstandingChange
FY2025$7.99M-14.0%
FY2024$9.29M+58.2%
FY2023$5.87M-15.1%
FY2022$6.92M-16.6%
FY2021$8.29M-13.9%
FY2020$9.63M-11.9%
FY2019$10.9M-10.4%
FY2018$12.2M+0.1%
FY2017$12.2M+23.6%
FY2016$9.87M-8.9%
FY2015$10.8M-8.0%
FY2014$11.8M-10.3%
FY2013$13.1Mn/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$12.8M$11.4M+12.0%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$2.84M$2.84M-0.2%
Intergovernmental Revenues$2.54M$1.05M+141.3%
Charges for Services$6.69M$5.85M+14.4%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$9.89K$50.6K-80.4%
Miscellaneous Revenues$2.34M$1.7M+37.8%
Other Sources$5.78M$1M+477.4%
Taxesn/an/an/a
Intergovernmental Revenuen/an/an/a
Permits and Franchise Feesn/an/an/a

Expenditures by category, FY2024

Sum of the fund columns in EDR's workbook for this government.

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Services (Not Court-Related)$5.08M$3.77M+34.6%
Public Safety$17.9M$14.5M+23.1%
Physical Environment$6.43M$5.69M+13.0%
Culture / Recreation$395K$391K+1.1%
Other Uses and Non-Operating$467K$959K-51.4%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

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