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34990

Palm City, FL · ACS 2020–2024

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At a glance

U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
30,592
Median household income
$129,560
People below poverty
5.6%
Median home value
$592,400

Income

The median income of households in 34990 was $129,560. An estimated 2.1% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 27% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 34990 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 2.1
$10,000 to $14,999 2.3
$15,000 to $24,999 2.5
$25,000 to $34,999 4.4
$35,000 to $49,999 6.9
$50,000 to $74,999 9.8
$75,000 to $99,999 11.2
$100,000 to $149,999 19.6
$150,000 to $199,999 14.1
$200,000 or more 27

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 34990 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 121526
Female 63409

An estimated 71.1% of households received earnings. An estimated 42.6% of households received Social Security and an estimated 33.2 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $30,513. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 34990 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 71.1
Social Security 42.6
Retirement income 33.2
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 1.7
Cash public assistance income 1.2

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 5.6 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 8.2% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 6.2% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 4.3% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 34990 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 5.6
Children under 18 years below poverty 8.2
People 65 years old and over below poverty 6.2
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 4.3

In 2020-2024, 2 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 73.1% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 37.4% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 34% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 34990 in 2020-2024, 94.9% had health insurance coverage and 5.1% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 76.1% and public coverage was 35%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 3.4%.


In 2020-2024, 34990 had a total population of 30,592 - 15,724 (51.4%) females and 14,868 (48.6%) males. The median age was 52.2 years. An estimated 18.7% of the population was under 18 years, 21% was 19 to 44 years, 28.8% was 45 to 64 years, and 29.4 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 34990 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 566 621
5 to 9 923 854
10 to 14 882 814
15 to 19 1028 722
20 to 24 661 437
25 to 29 352 543
30 to 34 313 450
35 to 39 890 1111
40 to 44 686 971
45 to 49 893 975
50 to 54 1089 946
55 to 59 1407 1225
60 to 64 1103 1151
65 to 69 985 1171
70 to 74 1079 1053
75 to 79 792 1238
80 to 84 656 703
85 and over 563 739

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 84.6% were White; 0.6% were Black or African American; 9.9% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 1.9% were Asian; 0.1% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 11.3% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 10.3% of the people in 34990 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 82.9% of the people in 34990 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 12,082 households in 34990. The average household size was 2.52 people.

Married-couple households made up 65.6% of the households in 34990 while cohabiting couple households made up 4% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 19.5% of all households, while 10.9% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 8.8% of households were male householders living alone, and 13.5% were female householders living alone, for a total of 22.3% of all households.

In 34990, 24.1% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 47% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 34990 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 65.6
Cohabiting Couples 4
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
10.9
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
19.5

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 67% of males and 60.1% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 22 16.3
Now married, except separated 67 60.1
Separated 0.7 0.8
Widowed 3 9.5
Divorced 7.3 13.3

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 34990, 378 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 51.9% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 92.4% of the people living in 34990 were U.S. natives. 31.7% of the 34990 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 7.6% of 34990 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 70.4% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 83.7 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 34990 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 34990.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 34990 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 35.3
Asia 18.4
Europe 27.2
Africa 2.7
Northern America 16.5
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 34990 in 2020-2024, 8.5 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 5.6% of people at least five years old; 1.2% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 34990 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 5.6
Other Indo-European languages 2.2
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0.5
Other languages 0.2

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 89.5 % of the people at least one year old living in 34990 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 34990 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 89.5
Different house, same county 4.4
Different county, same state 3.5
Different state 2.5
Abroad 0

Education

In 2020-2024, 97 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 47.7% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 3% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 34990 was 6,181 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 424 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 4,309. College or graduate school enrollment was 1,448.

Educational Attainment of People in 34990 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 3
High school diploma or equivalency 18.2
Some college, no degree 21.1
Associate's degree 10
Bachelor's degree 28.5
Graduate or professional degree 19.2

Disability

In 34990, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 10.3 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 1.2% of people under 18 years old, to 6.1% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 23.8% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 34990, 55 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 42.5% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 84.2% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 8.6% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 6.7 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 11,798 84.2
Federal, state, or local government workers 1,210 8.6
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 936 6.7

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 34990 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 34990 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 0.5
Construction 4.9
Manufacturing 6.6
Wholesale trade 1.9
Retail trade 11.7
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 8.2
Information 3
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 6.7
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 15.8
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 21.2
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 10.6
Other Services, except public administration 3.5
Public administration 5.4

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 34990 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 6,948 49.6
Service occupations 2,011 14.4
Sales and office occupations 3,401 24.3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 666 4.8
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 984 7

Commuting to Work

An estimated 67.4% of 34990 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 5.5% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 31.3 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 34990 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 67.4
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 5.5
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0.2
Walked 0.5
Other means 1.6
Worked from home 24.9

In 2020-2024, 34990 had a total of 13,728 housing units. Of these housing units, 86.4% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 13% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 0.6% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 34990 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 86.4
Apartments in multi-unit structures 13
Mobile homes 0.6
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

8.6% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 0.1% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 34990 was 6.3 rooms, and of these housing units 72.4% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 34990 had 12,082 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 1,646 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 90.8% while renters occupied 9.2%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.53 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.42.

2.4% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 4.4% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 3.3% and another 20.7% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 34990:

House Heating Fuel Used in 34990 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 3.1
Electricity 93.1
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 0.2
All other fuels 1.6
No fuel used 1.9

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 34990 was $592,400.

Of the owner-occupied households, 55.6 % had a mortgage. 44.4% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $2,888 and for owners without a mortgage it was $1,021.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 34990 was $2,015. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.