Palm ShoresFL
A town of 1,209.
Is Palm Shores a good place to live?
Palm Shores’ best subject grade is an A for health; its weakest is a D for hazard risk. Only 57 of Florida’s 777 towns score higher on health. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 68% of U.S. towns. Among 639 Florida towns, just 2 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Palm Shores. Palm Shores's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 88% of U.S. towns. Palm Shores has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Palm Shores stand out
Where Palm Shores beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
1,209 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Palm Shores grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Florida), ordered by how far Palm Shores is from typical.
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Moving to Palm Shores: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Palm 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Palm Shores.
Palm Shores ranks healthier than 89% of the country’s towns
That puts Palm Shores below both Florida’s towns (25%) and U.S. towns (25%). Palm Shores beats the Florida average on 18 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 14% of Palm Shores adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Palm Shores | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 25% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 20% | 19% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.9% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Palm Shores | FL |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.8% | 15.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.7% | 16.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
On state tests, Palm Shores’ schools beat 74% of Florida districts
Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Learning Forward Education PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 39 | – |
| Life Changers Christian Academy PrivateLargest high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 77 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within FL on state tests and graduation
Palm Shores faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by hurricanes
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 85% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Palm Shores are worth about $454K, by Zillow’s estimate
The typical Palm Shores home is worth about $454,000, about the same as a year ago, 21% above the Florida typical home.
Typical home value
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
In Palm Shores, expect mild winters and hot summers
Palm Shores has warm winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. At 90°F, Palm Shores’ July high is against 91°F in Florida’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Palm Shores
Most working residents leave Palm Shores for work: only 0% work in town. Since 2013, Palm Shores has added 84 jobs, to 501 in 2023. 6.2% of residents live below the poverty line in Palm Shores.
| Palm Shores | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.2% | 11% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
An age mix much like Florida’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Florida average. Palm Shores’ median age is 44.9 years. 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 34% across Florida.
| Palm Shores | Florida towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 44.9 years | 42.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.4 points. Across Florida, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Palm Shores | FL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11% | 10.3% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 4.7% | 9.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.7% | 8.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.4% | 12.7% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.6% | 12.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16% | 13.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.1% | 11.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.9% | 9.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.9% | 10.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.6% | 27.2% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.2% | 18.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 15% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.6% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.8% | 12.9% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,200, single groups can be off by several points
Windover Archaeological Site and 19 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Palm Shores. Close and well known come first.
26 mi Ancient siteWindover Archaeological Site
23 mi MuseumKennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
4 mi Zoo & aquariumBrevard Zoo
23 mi LandmarkSpace Mirror Memorial
31 mi BeachPlayalinda Beach
23 mi MuseumUnited States Astronaut Hall of FamePhoto credits
Windover Archaeological Site: ROY KLOTZ MD, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex: Bill White, Public domain · Brevard Zoo: Rusty Clark from merritt usland FLA, CC BY 2.0 · Space Mirror Memorial: Seth Buckley, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Playalinda Beach: User:JohnWalton031954, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United States Astronaut Hall of Fame: Håkan Dahlström from Malmö, Sweden, CC BY 2.0
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Everything we know about Palm Shores
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Palm Shores
About 6 of every 100 Palm Shores residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Florida.
About Palm Shores
Town in the state of Florida, United States
Palm Shores is a town in Brevard County, Florida. It is part of the Palm Bay–Melbourne–Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,200 at the 2020 US Census, up from 900 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 16 ft
- Area code
- 321
Questions about Palm Shores
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Palm Shores, FL expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.