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A town settled in 1960, now home to 1,350 people.
Palm Beach Shores’ best subject grades are an A+ for walkability and an A− for incomes and health; its weakest is a D− for cost of living. Palm Beach Shores’ January low is 58°F, where Florida’s towns sit at 51°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. On walkability, just 21 of Florida’s 776 towns do better. Palm Beach Shores's public schools beat 68% of Florida towns on state tests and graduation. Palm Beach Shores’ trail network density is 2.2 miles per square mile, where Florida’s towns sit at 0.4 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Only 15 of Florida’s 779 towns score lower on history. Palm Beach Shores's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 84% of U.S. towns. Palm Beach Shores has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Palm Beach Shores beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Palm Beach Shores | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.6% | 13.9% |
1,142 counted in 2010 and 1,330 in 2020; an estimated 1,350 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Palm Beach Shores is from typical.
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Census counts: 885 in 1960, 1,330 in 2020. The archive holds 16 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 3 maps from 1946 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Palm Beach Shores. Close and well known come first.
4 mi MuseumFlagler Museum
28 mi Stadium & arenaFAU Stadium
5 mi MuseumNorton Museum of Art18 mi Zoo & aquariumLion Country Safari
25 mi MuseumMorikami Museum and Japanese Gardens8 mi Zoo & aquariumPalm Beach ZooFlagler 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 · Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens: Fragments at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Palm Beach Shores, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 17, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Palm Beach Shores.
In the year to September 2026, typical home values climbed 8.1%. Palm Beach Shores’ midpoint rent is $1,842 a month. Also worth knowing: 61% of households own their home here.
| Palm Beach Shores | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,842 a month | $1,647 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 61% | 72% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Against the Florida average, Palm Beach Shores comes out ahead on 19 CDC measures out of 31, and behind on 3. Palm Beach Shores: 16% of adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Palm Beach Shores | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 37% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 32% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 16% |
| What stands out | Palm Beach Shores | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.6% | 13.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7% | 16.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 15.1% | 9.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The rate of thefts and burglaries in Palm Beach Shores is 19 per 1,000 residents. For Palm Beach Shores, the rate of reported violence is 1.5 per 1,000 residents.
| Palm Beach Shores | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 19 per 1,000 residents | 12.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.5 per 1,000 residents | 2.1 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 58° and snow is almost unheard of.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical household income for Palm Beach Shores comes to $87,000. Most working residents leave Palm Beach Shores for work: only 5% work in town. Jobs in Palm Beach Shores grew by 75 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 599. The share of residents in Palm Beach Shores who live below the poverty line: 5.3%.
| Palm Beach Shores | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $87,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In Palm Beach Shores, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 52 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 68% come from hurricanes and 21% from inland flooding. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Palm Beach Shores after 11 declared disasters, most recently in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
5 within 15 miles of the center of Palm Beach Shores
About 4 of every 100 Palm Beach Shores residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Florida.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Town in the state of Florida, United States
Palm Beach Shores is a town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. The town is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida. The population was 1,330 at the 2020 US census.
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Yes. That is 11.5 years of the area's median household income ($76,527 across the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
