Jupiter FarmsFL
A town of 12,945.
Is Jupiter Farms a good place to live?
The typical home is worth about $654K, 8.5 years of the Miami metro’s $77K median household income. Overall it grades B−, 131st among Florida's 634 graded towns. The median household earns $138K and it is healthier than 90% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 67% of U.S. communities, with hurricanes at the top. Jupiter Farms’ median household income is $138,000, above both Florida’s towns ($73,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Only 6 of the 638 Florida towns we compare have a higher share of households owning their home than Jupiter Farms. The biggest park or preserve is Jupiter Farms Community Park, at 48 acres.
What makes Jupiter Farms stand out
Where Jupiter Farms beats most towns.
95% of working residents leave Jupiter Farms for work
Where Jupiter Farms’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Jupiter Farms grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Jupiter Farms is from typical.
Its grades run from A for jobs and income (better than 91% of comparable towns) to D− for cost of living (better than 5%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Lake Okeechobee and 24 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Jupiter Farms. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi LakeLake Okeechobee
18 mi MuseumFlagler Museum16 mi Zoo & aquariumLion Country Safari
39 mi Stadium & arenaFAU Stadium
18 mi MuseumNorton Museum of Art
40 mi MuseumNational Navy UDT-SEAL MuseumPhoto credits
Lake Okeechobee: NASA, Public domain · Flagler Museum: Roger Wollstadt from Sarasota, Florida, CC BY-SA 2.0 · FAU Stadium: Jerseydem, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Norton Museum of Art: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum: Ebyabe, CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Jupiter Farms: who provides what
Jupiter Farms is unincorporated, so Palm Beach County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Jupiter Farms.
Jupiter Farms has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and has less no health insurance than most of Florida, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Florida.
Jupiter Farms’ grade for health is an A
Its widest gap with Florida is no health insurance: 8.8% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 15.9% statewide. Against the 3,723 U.S. towns with household incomes like Jupiter Farms’s, it is healthier than 67%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
24% of adults have obesity in Jupiter Farms. Jupiter Farms beats the Florida average on 19 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Jupiter Farms.
| Jupiter Farms | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 32% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 25% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 37% | 35% |
| What stands out | Jupiter Farms | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.8% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.4% | 16.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Jupiter Farms’ schools beat 68% of Florida districts
Its public schools are run by the Palm Beach school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter Farms Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 609 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
A smaller share of residents live below the poverty line in Jupiter Farms than in most of Florida or the rest of the country
Jobs based here grew from 1,177 in 2013 to 1,684.
2.8% of Jupiter Farms residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Jupiter Farms has added 507 jobs, to 1,684 in 2023. Jupiter Farms’ average trip to work is 31 minutes.
| Jupiter Farms | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 20% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer young adults than Florida overall
The median household earns $138,191, against $74,568 across Florida, one input to its A for jobs and income.
Adults 18 to 34 are 12% of residents (21% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 47% of residents (38% statewide). 41% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Florida.
| Jupiter Farms | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47.2 years | 42.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 41% | 31% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.6 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Jupiter Farms | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.1% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.6% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.7% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.6% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.9% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.8% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.1% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.6% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.9% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.7% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.6% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
In Jupiter Farms, expect mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 54.7°, milder than in 99% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 91°. The Stuart weather station, 19 miles away, records that about 81 days a year reach 90°: more than most of the country, but fewer than 94% of Florida places with climate records.
Jupiter Farms has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. The January low in Jupiter Farms is 55°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Jupiter Farms | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 55°F | 51°F | 22°F |
| July high | 91°F | 91°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jupiter Farms faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes
Since 1995, 18 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Jupiter Farms.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Jupiter Farms has set aside 0.6% of its land for conservation
4.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Jupiter Farms | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.6% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jupiter Farms Community Park | — | 48 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Jupiter Farms sells for about $850K
At 8.5 years of the Miami metro’s $77K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 90% of Florida towns; that ratio is one input to its D− for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $5,142, against $2,730 across Florida, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Jupiter Farms
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Jupiter Farms
About 6 of every 100 Jupiter Farms residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
About Jupiter Farms
Human settlement in Palm Beach County, Florida, US
Jupiter Farms is a census-designated place (CDP) and an agriculture residential community in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It is located west of Florida's Turnpike on Indiantown Road (County Road 706), the major highway through the community. Jupiter Farms is composed of roughly 15 square miles (39 km2) of land, and is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. As of the 2020 US census, the CDP's population had 12,572 residents.
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- Area
- 15 sq mi
- Area code
- 561
Jupiter Farms’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Jupiter Farms.
| Town | FL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter Farms | #131 | B− | D− | — | B+ | A |
| Jupiter | #19 | A− | D− | A | B+ | A |
| Palm Beach Gardens | #115 | B | D− | B− | B+ | A |
Jupiter Farms reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Jupiter Farms with a neighbor →
Questions about Jupiter Farms
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Jupiter Farms, FL a good place to live?
Jupiter Farms grades B− overall, better than 55% of U.S. towns and #131 of 634 in Florida. It grades A for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Jupiter Farms, FL expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $654,000, 74% above the Florida typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.