West Palm Beach is a larger medium-sized coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Florida. With a population of 120,932 people and 65 associated neighborhoods, West Palm Beach is the 17th largest community in Florida.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, West Palm Beach is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, West Palm Beach is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Palm Beach who work in sales jobs (11.73%), management occupations (10.77%), and office and administrative support (8.98%). Of important note, West Palm Beach is also a city of artists. West Palm Beach has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape West Palm Beach’s character. Also of interest is that West Palm Beach has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.59% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. West Palm Beach is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. The education level of West Palm Beach citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.48% of adults in West Palm Beach have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in West Palm Beach in 2022 was $41,610, which is upper middle income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $166,440 for a family of four. However, West Palm Beach contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. West Palm Beach is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call West Palm Beach home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Palm Beach residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. West Palm Beach also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.67% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in West Palm Beach include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Haitian. In addition, West Palm Beach has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (28.13%). The most common language spoken in West Palm Beach is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
