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Palm Beach Shores

Town, Palm Beach County. Population 1,295 (2025), +0.9% on the prior year, -2.6% since 2020 Last updated 2026-10-04.

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Palm Beach Shores

Boundary: US Census Bureau TIGER/Line, simplified for drawing. 0.29 square miles of land.

Population

2025
Population1,295Population, April 1, 1979 to 202519791.5k high2025
Change since the prior year+0.9%2024 to 2025
Change since 2020-2.6%2020 to 2025
Census 20201,3302020

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
20251,295estimate+0.9%
20241,283estimate-2.0%
20231,309estimate0.0%
20221,309estimate-1.6%
20211,330estimate0.0%
20201,330census+11.5%
20191,193estimate-2.0%
20181,217estimate+1.4%
20171,200estimate+3.4%
20161,161estimate+1.6%
20151,143estimate-0.3%
20141,147estimate-0.5%
20131,153estimate+0.3%
20121,150estimate+0.8%
20111,141estimate-0.1%
20101,142census-19.6%
20091,421estimate+0.2%
20081,418estimate+3.5%
20071,370estimate+0.3%
20061,366estimate-1.2%
20051,383estimate-6.2%
20041,474estimate+9.6%
20031,345estimate+6.1%
20021,268estimate-0.2%
20011,270estimate+0.1%
20001,269census+22.4%
19991,037estimate+1.6%
19981,021estimate-0.5%
19971,026estimate-0.2%
19961,028estimate-0.8%
19951,036estimate-0.3%
19941,039estimate+0.5%
19931,034estimate+0.3%
19921,031estimate-0.7%
19911,038estimaten/a
19891,271estimate+0.6%
19881,263estimate-0.4%
19871,268estimate+1.0%
19861,256estimate+0.2%
19851,254estimate-0.2%
19841,256estimate+0.6%
19831,248estimate+0.4%
19821,243estimate+0.8%
19811,233estimaten/a
19791,364estimaten/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%

Business base

Aug 2026
Licensed food service, lodging and alcohol businesses56New licenses by month, Mar 2020 to Aug 2026Mar 20202 highAug 2026
Food service licenses8Aug 2026
Lodging licenses41Aug 2026
Alcoholic beverage licenses7Aug 2026
New licenses, last 12 months1Aug 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-SNGLlodging13
2003-NAPTlodging10
2010-SEATfood6
2003-TAPTlodging5
2006-CNDO-GRPlodging3
2006-CNDO-SNGLlodging3
4COP-SFSalcohol2
2002-MOTLlodging2
2006-CNDO-CLCTlodging2
2007-DWEL-CLCTlodging2
13CTalcohol1
2APSalcohol1
2COPalcohol1
4COPalcohol1
4COP-Salcohol1
2010-NOSTfood1
2013-CATRfood1
2001-HOTLlodging1

Building permits

Aug 2026
Housing units permitted, last 12 months1Housing units permitted by month, Sep 2016 to Aug 2026Sep 20165 highAug 2026
Change on the 12 months before0.0%Aug 2026
Permit valuation, last 12 months$682KAug 2026
Units, latest month1Aug 2026
Single family units, last 12 months1Aug 2026
Units in buildings of 5 or more, last 12 months0Aug 2026
Units, latest annual table12025

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 2026110$682K
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 2025110$682K
Jan 2025000$0
Dec 2024000$0
Nov 2024000$0
Oct 2024000$0
Sep 2024000$0
Aug 2024000$0
Jul 2024000$0
Jun 2024110$682K
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
2025110$682K
2024110$682K
2023110$682K
2022000$0
2021220$1.36M
2020330$2.32M
2019330$1.65M
2018000$0
2017110$569K
2016505$2.5M
201522418$7.31M
2014220$944K
2013110$320K
2012550$807K
2011330$1.23M

Property roll

2026 preliminary
Total just value$722M
Total taxable value (non school)$553M2026 preliminary
Total taxable value (school)$581M2026 preliminary
Just value, change on the prior roll+7.9%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Taxable value (non school), change on the prior roll+9.7%2025 final roll to 2026 preliminary
Total just value, prior roll$669M2025 final roll
New construction value$28.5M2026 preliminary
Parcels6412026 preliminary

Florida Department of Revenue, NAL tax roll (name, address, legal), 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$964K2026 preliminary
Qualified sales, last 12 months20Jun 2025 to May 2026
Median qualified sale price$992KJun 2025 to May 2026
Just value, residential$545M2026 preliminary
Just value, commercial$124M2026 preliminary
Just value, vacant$29.5M2026 preliminary
Just value, government$23.9M2026 preliminary
Just value, other$0.0K2026 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
Residential598$545M$402M$28.4M807+6.7%
Commercial13$124M$123M$104Kn/a+7.1%
Vacant26$29.5M$28.2M$0n/a+36.8%
Government4$23.9M$0$0n/a+9.5%
Other1$0.0K$0.0K$0n/an/a

Housing

2020 to 2024 ACS
Housing units1,216Homeownership rate, 1990 to 2024199071.0% high2024
Occupied units7062020 to 2024 ACS
Vacant units5102020 to 2024 ACS
Owner occupied households4302020-2024 5-Year
Renter occupied households2762020-2024 5-Year
Homeownership rate60.9%2020 to 2024 ACS
Cost burdened households, all tenures (over 30% of income)28.9%2025
Cost burdened renter households38.0%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%)28.2%2025
Median gross rent$1.84K2020 to 2024 ACS
Median single family sale price$1.34M2024

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 less0449
All households30.01-50% AMI462034
All households50.01-80% AMI243955
All households80.01-120% AMI8449
All householdsGreater than 120% AMI39344
Renters30% AMI or less0436
Renters30.01-50% AMI37419
Renters50.01-80% AMI81934
Renters80.01-120% AMI2040
RentersGreater than 120% AMI13100
Owners30% AMI or less0013
Owners30.01-50% AMI91615
Owners50.01-80% AMI162021
Owners80.01-120% AMI6409
OwnersGreater than 120% AMI26244

Single family sales by year

YearMedian priceSales
1996$164K12
1997$155K19
1998$163K14
1999$167K30
2000$205K13
2001$245K18
2002$308K14
2003$341K17
2004$440K15
2005$600K15
2006$575K5
2007$485K7
2008$482K12
2009$370K13
2010$320K8
2011$436K10
2012$440K9
2013$445K11
2014$467K13
2015$426K14

Fiscal

Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, latest month$9.39KHalf-cent sales tax distributions by month, Oct 2016 to Sep 2026Oct 2016$14.5K highSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, fiscal year to date$123KFY2026 to Sep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, last 12 months$123KSep 2026
Half-cent sales tax, change on the 12 months before-3.7%Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, latest month$3.34KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, fiscal year to date$40.5KFY2026 to Sep 2026
State revenue sharing, last 12 months$40.5KSep 2026
State revenue sharing, change on the 12 months before-0.4%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$7.25MFY2024
Revenues, change on the year before+10.0%FY2024
Total expenditures$8.86MFY2024
Expenditures, change on the year before+40.1%FY2024
Revenues per resident$5.65KFY2024
Long-term debt outstanding at year end$3.99MFY2025
Long-term debt, change on the year before-8.4%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$9.39K
Aug 2026$9.8K
Jul 2026$9.8K
Jun 2026$10.3K
May 2026$11.9K
Apr 2026$10.4K
Mar 2026$10.8K
Feb 2026$12.4K
Jan 2026$10.4K
Dec 2025$9.53K
Nov 2025$9.52K
Oct 2025$8.81K
Sep 2025$9.88K
Aug 2025$9.94K
Jul 2025$10.4K
Jun 2025$10.9K
May 2025$12.5K
Apr 2025$12.1K
Mar 2025$10.2K
Feb 2025$12.3K
Jan 2025$11K
Dec 2024$9.74K
Nov 2024$9.54K
Oct 2024$9.33K
Sep 2024$9.38K
Aug 2024$9.52K
Jul 2024$10.6K
Jun 2024$11.1K
May 2024$12.4K
Apr 2024$11.3K
Mar 2024$11K
Feb 2024$13.1K
Jan 2024$11.3K
Dec 2023$10.7K
Nov 2023$10.6K
Oct 2023$9.95K

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$3.34K
Aug 2026$3.34K
Jul 2026$3.34K
Jun 2026$3.32K
May 2026$3.32K
Apr 2026$3.32K
Mar 2026$3.32K
Feb 2026$3.32K
Jan 2026$3.32K
Dec 2025$3.54K
Nov 2025$3.54K
Oct 2025$3.54K
Sep 2025$3.63K
Aug 2025$3.63K
Jul 2025$3.63K
Jun 2025$3.24K
May 2025$3.24K
Apr 2025$3.24K
Mar 2025$3.24K
Feb 2025$3.24K
Jan 2025$3.24K
Dec 2024$3.24K
Nov 2024$3.56K
Oct 2024$3.56K
Sep 2024$3.56K
Aug 2024$3.56K
Jul 2024$3.56K
Jun 2024$3.6K
May 2024$3.6K
Apr 2024$3.6K
Mar 2024$3.6K
Feb 2024$3.6K
Jan 2024$3.6K
Dec 2023$3.6K
Nov 2023$3.6K
Oct 2023$3.6K

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$3.99M-8.4%
FY2024$4.35M-7.5%
FY2023$4.71M-7.2%
FY2022$5.07M-5.0%
FY2021$5.33M-6.0%
FY2020$5.67M-5.6%
FY2019$6.01M+17863.1%
FY2018$33.4K-43.2%
FY2017$58.8Kn/a
FY2016$0n/a
FY2015$0n/a
FY2014$0n/a
FY2013$0n/a

Revenues by category, FY2024

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

CategoryFY2024FY2023Change
General Government Taxes$5.54M$5.1M+8.7%
Permits, Fees, and Special Assessments$908K$646K+40.5%
Intergovernmental Revenues$330K$419K-21.4%
Charges for Services$130K$116K+12.7%
Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits$35.7K$2.09K+1608.9%
Miscellaneous Revenues$308K$310K-0.5%
Other Sourcesn/an/an/a
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)$2.44M$1.73M+40.5%
Public Safety$3.76M$3.44M+9.2%
Physical Environment$500K$503K-0.6%
Transportation$1.61M$194K+732.3%
Culture / Recreation$557K$456K+22.2%
Other Usesn/an/an/a

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